Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2012-04-09 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Joakim, On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 12:39:50PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > I figure, after 2.4.37.12, a public git tree on kernel org which still > receives fixes would be enough. FYI, I've merged your patches and pushed them along with a few pending other ones here : http://git.kernel.or

Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2012-02-08 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 12:39:50PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > 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 usin

Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2012-02-08 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
Willy Tarreau 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 wrote on 2011/12/11 18:33:46: > > > > > > Hi Joakim, > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 06:19:54PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > > > To: Joaki

Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2012-02-08 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Joakim, On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 09:44:18AM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > Willy Tarreau 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 > > > > From: Willy Tarreau > > > > > > > > Hi Joa

Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2012-02-08 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
Willy Tarreau 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 > > > From: Willy Tarreau > > > > > > Hi Joakim, On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 01:30:06PM +0200, Joakim Tjernlund > > > wrote: > This is a > > >

Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2011-12-11 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Joakim, On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 06:19:54PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > To: Joakim Tjernlund > > From: Willy Tarreau > > > > 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

Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2011-12-11 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
> To: Joakim Tjernlund > From: Willy Tarreau > > 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 in

Re: [PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

2011-10-10 Thread Willy Tarreau
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