From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robin Holt Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:28:03 +0000 Subject: Re: git pull on ia64 linux tree Message-Id: <20050831112803.GB9951@lnx-holt.americas.sgi.com> List-Id: References: <200504222203.j3MM3fV17003@unix-os.sc.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <200504222203.j3MM3fV17003@unix-os.sc.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 08:56:25PM -0700, Tony Luck wrote: > On 8/30/05, Keith Owens wrote: > > Tony, can you give some indication on your plans for my MCA/INIT > > rewrite? Will you send it to Linus in the next couple of weeks or will > > it have to wait for 2.6.15 to open? > > Keith, > > It is a big enough piece that I don't expect to get to dig through it and test > before Linus hits us with 2.6.14-rc1 and issues the "slow-down" command. > So, realistically this looks to be 2.6.15 material (unless there are others > on the list that would like to see this in earlier and provide comments and > test run results ... hint hint). I would really like this in for the next distributor pull of the kernel so it gets more exposure there. I have used the stuff Keith posted on 8/17 and did not see anything handled incorrectly. I will retest with the latest today. The machine even handled simulataneous failures the three times I three them at it. I only tried one nmi and did not attempt to resume from it, but at least the register information made sense. Compared to what I have seen in the past from NMIs, this was a vast improvement. What testing would you like to see? I do not understand the issues enough to comment on the patches, but could possibly coax a couple other people who are into spending a half-day on it. Thanks, Robin