From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Physical address
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:05:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2003.12.08.16.05.47.407612@smurf.noris.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.53.0312081019410.29539@chaos
Hi, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Don't expect any help
> from some LK pedantics, but this hack will get you started if
> you are not using any special addresses (like high RAM).
... and if the driver will never run on non-PC-like or non-x86 systems.
> Also, don't tell anybody .... <grin>...
*Grumble*. IMHO you(generic) should do this right the first time.
The learning curve may be a bit steeper, but OTOH you won't get into any
bad habits, and you won't leave a mess for other people to debug.
--
Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | smurf@smurf.noris.de
Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de
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We are bits of stellar matter that got cold
by accident, bits of a star gone wrong.
-- Sir Arthur Eddington
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-08 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-08 15:07 Physical address moi toi
2003-12-08 15:23 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-12-08 15:42 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-12-08 16:05 ` Matthias Urlichs [this message]
2003-12-09 16:04 ` Jesper Juhl
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