From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932067Ab2HGSls (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:41:48 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:43140 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756142Ab2HGSlp (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:41:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 14:41:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikulas Patocka X-X-Sender: mpatocka@file.rdu.redhat.com To: John David Anglin cc: James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Linux 3.4-rc7 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4FB011E7.1000604@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <4FB0197F.6010000@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 1 Aug 2012, John David Anglin wrote: > On 1-Aug-12, at 9:00 PM, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 13 May 2012, John David Anglin wrote: > > > > > On 13-May-12, at 4:40 PM, John David Anglin wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, the revised change fixes the compilation error. I'll know in a > > > > while > > > > if > > > > my config boots. > > > > > > > > > I successfully booted 3.4-rc7 with this change on rp3440 (4 cpu smp). My > > > build also > > > included cache and other fixes that are being discussed on the parisc > > > list. > > > > > > Dave > > > > Hi David > > > > Can I download a series of your PA-RISC patches somewhere? > > > > I applied this http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-parisc/msg03352.html and > > it improved stability for me (I had no gcc crashes since that, only > > about two aptitude crashes). > > > > How stable is it for you? Do you have some random crashes or not? > > > Attached are my latest patch sets for linux-stable 3.4 and 3.5 branches. > There is no place to to download them directly. I added Jiri Kosina's > personality fix today to the 3.5 patch set. Otherwise, they are similar. > > In general, stability with 3.4 has been pretty good. I just started testing > 3.5 a couple of days ago. I went about three weeks without a random > crash with 3.4 after I removed Al Viro's restart patch. It was causing > problems with irq handling. Which restart patch do you mean? > This is on 64-bit rp3440. I have been using it to build debian unstable > and test GCC 4.8. So, the machine gets a fair bit of exercise. In the last > little while, it has been pretty easy to keep up with the changes in unstable. > > Sorry, I haven't had time to submit my changes. Some of the cache fixes > are a bit hard to explain. > > Dave > -- > John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net Thanks. For me the kernel with the patch works fine - it would be nice to break it up to smaller pieces and submit it. Mikulas