diff -rauN chromium-72.0.3626.121/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc chromium-72.0.3626.121-vaapi-uintptr-patch/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc
--- chromium-72.0.3626.121/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc	2019-03-02 05:10:25.000000000 +0100
+++ chromium-72.0.3626.121-vaapi-uintptr-patch/media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.cc	2019-03-09 19:02:37.795731310 +0100
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "media/gpu/vaapi/vaapi_wrapper.h"
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -333,10 +334,17 @@
   DVLOG(1) << "VAAPI version: " << major_version << "." << minor_version << " "
            << va_vendor_string_;
 
-  if (major_version != VA_MAJOR_VERSION || minor_version != VA_MINOR_VERSION) {
-    LOG(ERROR) << "This build of Chromium requires VA-API version "
-               << VA_MAJOR_VERSION << "." << VA_MINOR_VERSION
-               << ", system version: " << major_version << "." << minor_version;
+  // The VAAPI version is determined from what is loaded on the system by
+  // calling vaInitialize(). Since the libva is now ABI-compatible, relax the
+  // version check which helps in upgrading the libva, without breaking any
+  // existing functionality. Make sure the system version is not older than
+  // the version with which the chromium is built since libva is only
+  // guaranteed to be backward (and not forward) compatible.
+  if (VA_MAJOR_VERSION > major_version ||
+     (VA_MAJOR_VERSION == major_version && VA_MINOR_VERSION > minor_version)) {
+    LOG(ERROR) << "The system version " << major_version << "." << minor_version
+               << " should be greater than or equal to "
+               << VA_MAJOR_VERSION << "." << VA_MINOR_VERSION;
     return false;
   }
   return true;
@@ -1000,7 +1008,7 @@
   }
   va_attrib_extbuf.num_planes = num_planes;
 
-  std::vector<unsigned long> fds(num_fds);
+  std::vector<uintptr_t> fds(num_fds);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < num_fds; ++i) {
     int dmabuf_fd = pixmap->GetDmaBufFd(i);
     if (dmabuf_fd < 0) {