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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/31] AArch64 Linux kernel port
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:54:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201209121154.20474.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <504E4C0E.9030402@jonmasters.org>

On Monday 10 September 2012, Jon Masters wrote:
> On 09/07/2012 12:26 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > This is the 3rd version of patches implementing Linux kernel support for
> > the 64-bit ARM architecture.
> <snip>
> 
> > ...but the main goal was to freeze the user ABI.
> 
> Is the consensus now that we're good from an ABI viewpoint?
> 

>From my point of view, no more changes are needed. I would not give any
guarantees until we have a first kernel release including this code, but
I think we can agree that we would consult you about ABI changes if they
seem necessary before then.

If you start (re)building the Fedora packages based on these kernel
headers, the changes are pretty good that this will keep working.

	Arnd

      reply	other threads:[~2012-09-12 11:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-07 16:26 [PATCH v3 00/31] AArch64 Linux kernel port Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 01/31] arm64: Assembly macros and definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 02/31] arm64: Kernel booting and initialisation Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:07   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-09 17:20   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-09 23:29     ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10  5:53       ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-10 12:51         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 13:53           ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 14:12             ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 14:48               ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 14:53                 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 15:00                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 15:21           ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-10 16:08             ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 16:29             ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 20:28         ` Jon Masters
2012-09-10 16:11     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-12 12:08       ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-12 13:49         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 15:56           ` Christopher Covington
2012-09-13 17:11             ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 03/31] arm64: Exception handling Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:09   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 04/31] arm64: MMU definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:10   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 05/31] arm64: MMU initialisation Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:10   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 06/31] arm64: MMU fault handling and page table management Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:11   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 07/31] arm64: Process management Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:20   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 08/31] arm64: CPU support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:24   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 16:43     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 09/31] arm64: Cache maintenance routines Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:28   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 16:48     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 17:29       ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-14 16:53         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:35   ` Simon Baatz
2012-09-12  9:29     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-12 21:55       ` Simon Baatz
2012-09-13 12:38         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 20:14           ` Simon Baatz
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 10/31] arm64: TLB maintenance functionality Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:28   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 11/31] arm64: IRQ handling Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:37   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-12 10:24     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 12/31] arm64: Atomic operations Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:37   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 13/31] arm64: Device specific operations Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 14/31] arm64: DMA mapping API Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:38   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 15/31] arm64: SMP support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:39   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 16/31] arm64: ELF definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:40   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 17/31] arm64: System calls handling Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:43   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 19:54     ` Al Viro
2012-09-10  9:56     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 13:51       ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 14:01         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-10 14:24           ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-10 15:50             ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 18/31] arm64: VDSO support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:44   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 19/31] arm64: Signal handling support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 20/31] arm64: User access library functions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:46   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 21/31] arm64: 32-bit (compat) applications support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:47   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-13  9:07     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 11:03       ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-13 15:50         ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 22/31] arm64: Floating point and SIMD Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 23/31] arm64: Debugging support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:49   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:26 ` [PATCH v3 24/31] arm64: Add support for /proc/sys/debug/exception-trace Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 25/31] arm64: Performance counters support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 26/31] arm64: Miscellaneous library functions Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-12 21:12     ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-13 10:48       ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 27/31] arm64: Loadable modules Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 28/31] arm64: Generic timers support Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:53   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-08  8:28   ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 29/31] arm64: Miscellaneous header files Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:54   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 30/31] arm64: Build infrastructure Catalin Marinas
2012-09-07 19:55   ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-09-07 16:27 ` [PATCH v3 31/31] arm64: MAINTAINERS update Catalin Marinas
2012-09-09 16:31   ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-10 17:57     ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 21:17       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-09-10 23:31         ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-07 23:25 ` [PATCH v3 00/31] AArch64 Linux kernel port Olof Johansson
2012-09-12 14:54   ` Catalin Marinas
2012-09-08  9:18 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2012-09-08 13:59   ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-08 14:42     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-09-10 17:53 ` Nicolas Pitre
2012-09-10 20:22 ` Jon Masters
2012-09-12 11:54   ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]

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