On Tuesday 20 January 2009 18:38:20 Jonathan Michalon wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm wondering whether this driver really needs compat_ioctl32 module on 64
> bits machine. I've commented out the only line in the code that mention
> compat_ioctl and then recompiled the whole driver, issuing 'make clean'
> before. The driver works as before -- at least for me -- but doesn't make
> insmod crash when compat_ioctl32 isn't loaded first. Should I make a patch
> to let you test it or am I missing something ? Otherwise it would be better
> to drop the dependence on an unused module, isn't it ?
>
> Best regards
> Johndescs

AFAIK it'll break support for 32bit applications on 64bit system :)

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