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Re: [PAE support] Types + cosmetic fixes



On 02/25/10 00:42, Jason Thorpe wrote:

On Feb 23, 2010, at 7:57 AM, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:

Yep, i386-pae. IMHO, modules cannot be "safely" shared between PAE and
non-PAE.

Why not?

bus_dma/bus_space(9), like drm(4). Using non-PAE modules that manipulate 32 bits bus_addr_t with a kernel expecting 64 bits ones (PAE), mixed with some DMA in: I would expect nasty, unexpected breakage.

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