Re: [PATCH] Make CARDBUS_MEM_SIZE and CARDBUS_IO_SIZE customizable

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Ralf Baechle wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 12:23:46AM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
>
> > CARDBUS_MEM_SIZE was increased to 64MB on 2.6.20-rc2, but larger size
> > might result in allocation failure for the reserving itself on some
> > platforms (for example typical 32bit MIPS).  Make it (and
> > CARDBUS_IO_SIZE too) customizable for such platforms.
>
> Patch looks technically ok to me, so feel free to add my Acked-by:
> line.
>
> The grief I have with this sort of patch is that this kind of
> detailed technical knowledge should not be required by a mortal
> configuring the Linux kernel.

that's why help info for options like that should always have a "If
you're unsure about what to say here ..." paragraph.

i'm big on stuff like that.  :-)

rday
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