From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Markos Chandras <Markos.Chandras@imgtec.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [request for stable inclusion] MIPS fixes for 3.16
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 07:09:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140904140921.GA23299@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54086EAB.3060406@imgtec.com>
On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 02:52:43PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote:
> On 08/28/2014 08:54 AM, Markos Chandras wrote:
> > On 08/27/2014 10:23 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 03:04:51PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote:
> >>> Hi Greg,
> >>>
> >>> Could you please apply the following patches to the 3.16.X stable kernels?
> >>>
> >>> - MIPS: EVA: Add new EVA header
> >>> (f85b71ceabb9d8d8a9e34b045b5c43ffde3623b3)
> >>> - MIPS: Malta: EVA: Rename 'eva_entry' to 'platform_eva_init'
> >>> (ca4d24f7954f3746742ba350c2276ff777f21173)
> >>> - MIPS: CPS: Initialize EVA before bringing up VPEs from secondary cores
> >>> (6521d9a436a62e83ce57d6be6e5484e1098c1380)
> >>
> >> That really looks like a new feature, how is this a bugfix / regression
> >> from previous kernel releases?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> greg k-h
> >>
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > The bugfix is the 3rd patch in that list. Without this patch, it is not
> > possible to boot a CPS kernel when EVA is enabled. The kernel will die
> > in a horrible way. The other two patches simply make the bugfix fit
> > better in the existing code. So all three are needed.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Are you happy with the above explanation? If so, could you please
> consider including these patches to the 3.16 stable kernels?
My pending patch queue for 3.16-stable is now over 300 patches long,
I'll get to these again when it comes up in my queue something next week
and let you know...
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-04 14:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-27 14:04 [request for stable inclusion] MIPS fixes for 3.16 Markos Chandras
2014-08-27 14:04 ` Markos Chandras
2014-08-27 21:23 ` Greg KH
2014-08-28 7:54 ` Markos Chandras
2014-08-28 7:54 ` Markos Chandras
2014-09-04 13:52 ` Markos Chandras
2014-09-04 13:52 ` Markos Chandras
2014-09-04 14:09 ` Greg KH [this message]
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