Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> wrote on 2012/02/08 10:44:26: > > Hi Joakim, > > On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 09:44:18AM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> wrote on 2011/12/11 18:33:46: > > > > > > Hi Joakim, > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 06:19:54PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > > > To: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernl...@transmode.se> > > > > > From: Willy Tarreau <w...@1wt.eu> > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > Did this go anywhere? > > > > > > Not yet, I just need to find some time to release another 2.4 with these > > > patches. > > > > Ping? There should be a tree somewhere by now :) > > I'm planning on doing 2.4.37.12 once I'm finished with 2.6.27.60. However I'll > have to find another place to host it, as the 2.4 tree was never completely > recovered from master.kernel.org after the break-in, and admins there have > many more important things to do than to spend their time restoring the 2.4 > files. Probably that I'll put that into my account.
I see. > > BTW, since you're asking, you seem to still be using 2.4. Do you think it's > worth pursuing maintenance over 2.4.37.12 and if so for how long ? I'm asking > because until the break-in, I felt like almost nobody was using it anymore, > but since the break-in, I received a number of mails asking where to download > it. So now I assume that there are still users, but they're too much silent. yes, they are silent I guess. I figure, after 2.4.37.12, a public git tree on kernel org which still receives fixes would be enough. Jocke _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
