Hi Johannes, Johannes Berg [2006-05-12 15:54 +0200]: > > Thank you! BTW, do you happen to have any pointer about documentation > > of that ioctl? > > linux sources :)
Heh :) > I've looked into it and I'm pretty sure my patch is correct. On little > endian 32-bit systems, the code simply copies the kernel bitmap which is > long (32bit) based, on 64-bit systems and 64-bit clients the same > happens as far as I can tell, although longs are then 64-bit based. > > Only on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userland things may need fixing up > (only in the big endian case though, since on little-endian all the > things are equivalent anyway!), which is done in the kernel. Please note that the crashes were reported on i386 and amd64, both of which are little endian. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
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