From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@ti.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
arnd@arndb.de, dhowells@redhat.com, fenghua.yu@intel.com,
lethal@linux-sh.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, nico@linaro.org,
rob.herring@calxeda.com, tony.luck@intel.com, tony@atomide.com,
will.deacon@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] /dev/mem: use phys_addr_t for physical addresses
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:15:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120912181503.GB12840@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1347473158-7219-1-git-send-email-cyril@ti.com>
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 02:05:58PM -0400, Cyril Chemparathy wrote:
> This patch fixes the /dev/mem driver to use phys_addr_t for physical
> addresses. This is required on PAE systems, especially those that run
> entirely out of >4G physical memory space.
What is the symptom if this patch is not applied? Does it need to be
backported to older kernels? If so, which ones?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-12 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-12 18:05 Cyril Chemparathy
2012-09-12 18:15 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-09-12 22:54 ` Cyril Chemparathy
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