From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:09:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:54217 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27025836AbaIDOJXk6r68 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Sep 2014 16:09:23 +0200 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway2.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9447D20532 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:09:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:09:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=OwA/9rQb94UqhGim9+ZBXy5sLVw=; b=jlHz5DVP9hr9lWTCa1sAoVikgsJU dd5mgAbOAdQjlU+JA5bYYO1B8I2OBHMsXCE7TglhPaQ/gN39bS7izODEbATmobyE t+9roYHzAgfrRbOP14Bz80wmnkcwcj8vEfX5TIHZORalMho4CqrGjPYHtls7LGjS kWEm51wHVO+R4P8= X-Sasl-enc: 8vszpkxN+8/nb7UpnpURkweT/5Z9X+jGRn6oAK5FA015 1409839762 Received: from localhost (unknown [24.22.230.10]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4CBCBC00918; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:09:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 07:09:21 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Markos Chandras Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [request for stable inclusion] MIPS fixes for 3.16 Message-ID: <20140904140921.GA23299@kroah.com> References: <53FDE583.9060908@imgtec.com> <20140827212310.GA27456@kroah.com> <53FEE049.8030906@imgtec.com> <54086EAB.3060406@imgtec.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54086EAB.3060406@imgtec.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 42391 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: greg@kroah.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips 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