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Re: [PAE support] Types + cosmetic fixes



On 02/24/10 00:39, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:18:13AM +0100, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:
>> But this doesn't tell me: should I go the "typdef uint64_t paddr_t"
>> route? This may have unexpected overhead (which I cannot assess),
>> and might consume extra stack/register just to store bytes which
>> will never be used in non-PAE situation.
>
> I'd go for it. I suggest to carefully check a few places like twa(4) to
> ensure they don't force 64bit PCI on !PAE kernels.

Then 64 bits it is.

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Jean-Yves Migeon
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