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| author | Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> | 2005-10-30 21:00:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net> | 2005-10-30 21:00:04 +0000 |
| commit | 07b188ab773e183871e57b33ae37bf635c9f12ba (patch) | |
| tree | 311df8a0dd12fb7bd3e9b5b1a5ca500f0428d679 /arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c | |
| parent | 47c564e10f219f867bdb49225972749a43485a47 (diff) | |
| parent | 9f75e1eff3edb2bb07349b94c28f4f2a6c66ca43 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of /usr/src/ntfs-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c index f244fb200db..553f8fe0322 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c @@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ static unsigned long pdc_result2[32] __attribute__ ((aligned (8))); int parisc_narrow_firmware = 1; #endif -/* on all currently-supported platforms, IODC I/O calls are always - * 32-bit calls, and MEM_PDC calls are always the same width as the OS. - * This means Cxxx boxes can't run wide kernels right now. -PB +/* On most currently-supported platforms, IODC I/O calls are 32-bit calls + * and MEM_PDC calls are always the same width as the OS. + * Some PAT boxes may have 64-bit IODC I/O. * - * CONFIG_PDC_NARROW has been added to allow 64-bit kernels to run on - * systems with 32-bit MEM_PDC calls. This will allow wide kernels to - * run on Cxxx boxes now. -RB - * - * Note that some PAT boxes may have 64-bit IODC I/O... + * Ryan Bradetich added the now obsolete CONFIG_PDC_NARROW to allow + * 64-bit kernels to run on systems with 32-bit MEM_PDC calls. + * This allowed wide kernels to run on Cxxx boxes. + * We now detect 32-bit-only PDC and dynamically switch to 32-bit mode + * when running a 64-bit kernel on such boxes (e.g. C200 or C360). */ #ifdef __LP64__ |