Re: [Xenomai-help] [Adeos-main] [RFT] ipipe patch for 2.6.35.3-x86

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>]

Philippe Gerum wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 17:59 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> just uploaded a forward port of the 2.6.34 ipipe patch for x86 to latest
>> stable 2.6.35.3. It boots and runs fine here in 64-bit mode with Xenomai
>> head, but I only ran light tests so far. Anyone interested in upgrading
>> the host kernel (I think I read some request recently) is welcome to
>> give it a try and report results back (specifically on 32 bit as that is
>> a bit out of focus for me ATM). You can download the full git tree from
>>
>> 	git://git.kiszka.org/ipipe-2.6.git queues/2.6.35-x86
>> 	(alternatively also via http://)
>>
> 
> Btw, could you pick Wolfgang's host rt clock patch in your queue as
> well? I only have a few minor issues with it, which are no showstopper.
> The only thing to care of before merging this to mainline, is that no
> other arch does support this feature yet, so it is important to make it
> fully optional in -noarch, and Xenomai-wise also.
> 
> We likely need some __IPIPE_FEATURE_* symbol to be defined in
> arch/x86/include/ipipe_base.h for this purpose, so that depending code
> could test for presence.

Will have a look.

There is one further feature on my to-do list anyway: KVM support. Will
also require a feature bit (for a new root preemption notifier).

> 
> I'll pull the whole thing from your tree when x86_32 is known to rock as
> well.

OK, great.

Jan

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