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 :)
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
