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author | Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> | 2013-11-06 23:38:59 +0100 |
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committer | Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> | 2013-11-07 22:46:20 +0100 |
commit | 0219132fe7c26574371232b50db085573f6fbd3f (patch) | |
tree | 48e186aff406365fe45922b9b0bc06e7ef4cc7f9 /arch/parisc | |
parent | 1f2048fd8bc4219db821611da305a74f4b72b3c3 (diff) |
parisc: sticon - unbreak on 64bit kernel
STI text console (sticon) was broken on 64bit machines with more than
4GB RAM and this lead in some cases to a kernel crash.
Since sticon uses the 32bit STI API it needs to keep pointers to memory
below 4GB. But on a 64bit kernel some memory regions (e.g. the kernel
stack) might be above 4GB which then may crash the kernel in the STI
functions.
Additionally sticon didn't selected the built-in framebuffer fonts by
default. This is now fixed.
On a side-note: Theoretically we could enhance the sticon driver to
use the 64bit STI API. But - beside the fact that some machines don't
provide a 64bit STI ROM - this would just add complexity.
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.8+
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