Re: porting from 32 bit to 64 bit linux

Thanks for the reply.
But I want to know one further thing.
What i need to note in order to change from 32 bit pointers to 64 bit
pointers?
does it mean all the uint32 pointers has to be changed to uint64?

Thanks & regards
Prasanta

"Delaney, Pam" wrote:

>
>
> You shouldn't have to do much, if anything,
> depending on how your existing code is written.
> If you already handle 64bit pointers and physical addresses,
> and as long as you have no assembly in your driver,
> (IA64 does not permit assembly)
> you shouldn't have to make any changes.
>
> -pamela
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Prasanta Sadhukhan [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:44 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: porting from 32 bit to 64 bit linux
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to port linux(redhat linux 8.0) driver from 32 bit to 64 bit
> > Intel architecture.
> > Can anyone tell me what change has to be done in driver code
> > to support
> > 64 bit architecture... or where can I find relevant information.
> > Will the same change work for 32 bit architecture also.
> >
> > Any help will be highly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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