Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:06:34 +0000 | From | Alan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] Use resource_size_t for serial port IO addresses |
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:19:51 +1100 (EST) David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
> At present, various parts of the serial code use unsigned long to > define resource addresses. This is a problem, because some 32-bit > platforms have physical addresses larger than 32-bits, and have mmio > serial uarts located above the 4GB point. > > This patch changes the type of mapbase in both struct uart_port and > struct plat_serial8250_port to resource_size_t, which can be > configured to be 64 bits on such platforms. The mapbase in > serial_struct can't safely be changed, because that structure is user > visible. > > Signed-off-by: David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com>
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