On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 07:58:19PM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > E.g. on my ia64 box CONFIG_COMPAT is set because I have support compiled > > in for running i386 apps. But I don't want dri to hand out 32bit handles > > everywhere just because of that, because I most certainly won't be running > > i386 OpenGL apps. > > > > It doesn't actually matter what size the handles are from what I > understand of this... as long as they are hashed properly.. I've been > thinking of changing the handle from something with meaning to a hash > just to find out some more bugs.. even on plain 32-bit systems..
Or, I though the handle was related to the dma_mask somewhat. I'll take all flames on this subject back and apologize for not researching the subject better, although I still think it's not a good idea to have a different handle format depending on whether CONFIG_COMPAT is set or not. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
