From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753493AbaIEUMp (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:12:45 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:46419 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752246AbaIEUMm (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:12:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 22:12:30 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Peter Hurley Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" , Michael Cree , "H. Peter Anvin" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , David Laight , Jakub Jelinek , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Tony Luck , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , Oleg Nesterov , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Paul Mackerras , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , Miroslav Franc , Richard Henderson , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bit fields && data tearing Message-ID: <20140905201230.GV4783@worktop.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D17487172@AcuExch.aculab.com> <1409824374.4246.62.camel@pasglop> <5408E458.3@zytor.com> <54090AF4.7060406@hurleysoftware.com> <54091B30.2090509@zytor.com> <20140905081648.GB5281@omega> <20140905180950.GU5001@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140905183109.GA5497@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140905195234.GT4783@worktop.ger.corp.intel.com> <540A169F.40906@hurleysoftware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <540A169F.40906@hurleysoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22.1 (2013-10-16) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 04:01:35PM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote: > > So does this patch depends on a patch that removes pre EV56 alpha > > support? I'm all for removing that, but I need to see the patch merged > > before we can do this. > > I'm working on that but Alpha's Kconfig is not quite straightforward. > > > ... and I'm wondering if I should _remove_ pre-EV56 configurations or > move the default choice and produce a warning about unsupported Alpha > CPUs instead? > depends BROKEN or is that deprecated? From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [IPv6:2001:1868:205::9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 826D21A003B for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 06:12:39 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 22:12:30 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Peter Hurley Subject: Re: bit fields && data tearing Message-ID: <20140905201230.GV4783@worktop.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D17487172@AcuExch.aculab.com> <1409824374.4246.62.camel@pasglop> <5408E458.3@zytor.com> <54090AF4.7060406@hurleysoftware.com> <54091B30.2090509@zytor.com> <20140905081648.GB5281@omega> <20140905180950.GU5001@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140905183109.GA5497@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140905195234.GT4783@worktop.ger.corp.intel.com> <540A169F.40906@hurleysoftware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <540A169F.40906@hurleysoftware.com> Cc: Jakub Jelinek , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Tony Luck , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , Michael Cree , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, Oleg Nesterov , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , David Laight , Paul Mackerras , "H. Peter Anvin" , "Paul E. McKenney" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , Miroslav Franc , Richard Henderson List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 04:01:35PM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote: > > So does this patch depends on a patch that removes pre EV56 alpha > > support? I'm all for removing that, but I need to see the patch merged > > before we can do this. > > I'm working on that but Alpha's Kconfig is not quite straightforward. > > > ... and I'm wondering if I should _remove_ pre-EV56 configurations or > move the default choice and produce a warning about unsupported Alpha > CPUs instead? > depends BROKEN or is that deprecated? From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:12:30 +0000 Subject: Re: bit fields && data tearing Message-Id: <20140905201230.GV4783@worktop.ger.corp.intel.com> List-Id: References: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D17487172@AcuExch.aculab.com> <1409824374.4246.62.camel@pasglop> <5408E458.3@zytor.com> <54090AF4.7060406@hurleysoftware.com> <54091B30.2090509@zytor.com> <20140905081648.GB5281@omega> <20140905180950.GU5001@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140905183109.GA5497@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140905195234.GT4783@worktop.ger.corp.intel.com> <540A169F.40906@hurleysoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <540A169F.40906@hurleysoftware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Peter Hurley Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" , Michael Cree , "H. Peter Anvin" , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , David Laight , Jakub Jelinek , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Tony Luck , "linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org" , Oleg Nesterov , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Paul Mackerras , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , Miroslav Franc , Richard Henderson , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 04:01:35PM -0400, Peter Hurley wrote: > > So does this patch depends on a patch that removes pre EV56 alpha > > support? I'm all for removing that, but I need to see the patch merged > > before we can do this. > > I'm working on that but Alpha's Kconfig is not quite straightforward. > > > ... and I'm wondering if I should _remove_ pre-EV56 configurations or > move the default choice and produce a warning about unsupported Alpha > CPUs instead? > depends BROKEN or is that deprecated?