From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from 1wt.eu (1wt.eu [62.212.114.60]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A782FB70B1 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:45:32 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:30:20 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: Joakim Tjernlund Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4 Message-ID: <20111010123020.GA21699@1wt.eu> References: <1318246220-4839-1-git-send-email-Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1318246220-4839-1-git-send-email-Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se> Cc: Scott Wood , linuxppc-dev , Dan Malek List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Joakim, On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 01:30:06PM +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > This is a backport from 2.6 which I did to overcome 8xx CPU > bugs. 8xx does not update the DAR register when taking a TLB > error caused by dcbX and icbi insns which makes it very > tricky to use these insns. Also the dcbst wrongly sets the > the store bit when faulting into DTLB error. > A few more bugs very found during development. > > I know 2.4 is in strict maintenance mode and 8xx is obsolete > but as it is still in use I wanted 8xx to age with grace. Thank you. I must admit I was hoping those patches would come in for a last release before the end of the year :-) Unless there is any objection from anyone, I'll merge them when kernel.org is back online. Cheers, Willy