From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965162AbWGFDwJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:52:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965164AbWGFDwJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:52:09 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:1219 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965162AbWGFDwI (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:52:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:52:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20060705.205233.39177061.davem@davemloft.net> To: mikpe@it.uu.se Cc: adaplas@gmail.com, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.17 sparc64] 32-bit compat for Mach64 framebuffer From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <200607060144.k661iH8d010317@harpo.it.uu.se> References: <200607060144.k661iH8d010317@harpo.it.uu.se> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Mikael Pettersson Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 03:44:17 +0200 (MEST) > That could work. But it's a much larger patch than mine, > and I don't want to go around hacking random other stuff > just to repair atyfb. It's up the the Powers That Be to > decide whether a local fix or a global one is most appropriate. ... > That would require sbuslib.h to be completely benign on > non-SPARC machines. If it is, great, but I can't currently > guarantee that it is. I've been aware of these warnings for a long time, but I've done nothing about it because the fix is much worse than the cure. The is no reason the mach64 driver should be aware in any way of these SBUS framebuffer ioctls. Either we can find a way to make X stop issuing these ioctls or simply ignore the kernel message, which frankly is harmless.