From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gw1.transmode.se (gw1.transmode.se [195.58.98.146]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9B37B6FD7 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:20:00 +1100 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20111010123020.GA21699@1wt.eu> References: <20111010123020.GA21699@1wt.eu>, <1318246220-4839-1-git-send-email-Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4 From: Joakim Tjernlund To: Willy Tarreau Message-ID: Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:19:54 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: , > To: Joakim Tjernlund > From: Willy Tarreau >=20 > Hi Joakim, On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 01:30:06PM +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wr= ote: > This is a > backport from 2.6 which I did to overcome 8xx CPU > bugs. 8xx does not up= date the DAR register > when taking a TLB > error caused by dcbX and icbi insns which makes it ve= ry > 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 mai= ntenance mode and 8xx is > obsolete > but as it is still in use I wanted 8xx to age with grace. Tha= nk 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 ba= ck online. Cheers, > Willy Did this go anywhere? Jocke = =