On 02/25/10 21:37, Jason Thorpe wrote:
On Feb 24, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:On 02/25/10 00:42, Jason Thorpe wrote:On Feb 23, 2010, at 7:57 AM, Jean-Yves Migeon wrote:Yep, i386-pae. IMHO, modules cannot be "safely" shared between PAE and non-PAE.Why not?bus_dma/bus_space(9), like drm(4). Using non-PAE modules that manipulate 32 bits bus_addr_t with a kernel expecting 64 bits ones (PAE), mixed with some DMA in: I would expect nasty, unexpected breakage.The right solution is to find a unified ABI that works for both PAE and non-PAE. The i386 port's bus_addr_t should probably just be made 64-bit.
Making paddr_t 64 bits for both PAE and non-PAE is a start.However, I won't make it in such a short timeframe, as it envisions a broader view (ABI compatibility between i386/i386-pae/xen, for modules). I am first merging the PAE patches and fixes from jmorse and me then my Xen work; some parts being redundant between those two.
PAE would remain as an option for GENERIC, and need a kernel recompile (at least, for 5.99.x) + build.sh modules.
IMHO, the discussion encompasses how kernel and modules inter-dependancy should be expressed (in terms of API/ABI, kernel revision, etc.) Way over my technical skill at the present time, unfortunately; this requires much thought :o
-- Jean-Yves Migeon jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost