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From:   Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To:     Jayachandran C <jchandra@broadcom.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATED 3/4] MIPS: mm: Use scratch for PGD when
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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 06:15:15PM +0530, Jayachandran C wrote:

> Allow usage of scratch register for current pgd even when
> MIPS_PGD_C0_CONTEXT is not configured. MIPS_PGD_C0_CONTEXT is set
> for 64r2 platforms to indicate availability of Xcontext for saving
> cpuid, thus freeing Context to be used for saving PGD. This option
> was also tied to using a scratch register for storing PGD.
> 
> This commit will allow usage of scratch register to store the current
> pgd if one can be allocated for the platform, even when
> MIPS_PGD_C0_CONTEXT is not set. The cpuid will be kept in the CP0
> Context register in this case.
> 
> The code to store the current pgd for the TLB miss handler is now
> generated in all cases. When scratch register is available, the PGD
> is also stored in the scratch register.

I also pulled this one again as it was causing to others.

  Ralf