From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:54:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailapp01.imgtec.com ([195.59.15.196]:15145 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27007161AbaH1Hy5ck0uu (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:54:57 +0200 Received: from KLMAIL01.kl.imgtec.org (unknown [192.168.5.35]) by Websense Email Security Gateway with ESMTPS id 2327EAE6A8F32; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:54:49 +0100 (IST) Received: from LEMAIL01.le.imgtec.org (192.168.152.62) by KLMAIL01.kl.imgtec.org (192.168.5.35) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.195.1; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:54:50 +0100 Received: from [192.168.154.67] (192.168.154.67) by LEMAIL01.le.imgtec.org (192.168.152.62) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.195.1; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:54:49 +0100 Message-ID: <53FEE049.8030906@imgtec.com> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:54:49 +0100 From: Markos Chandras User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: , Subject: Re: [request for stable inclusion] MIPS fixes for 3.16 References: <53FDE583.9060908@imgtec.com> <20140827212310.GA27456@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20140827212310.GA27456@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.168.154.67] 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: 42300 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: Markos.Chandras@imgtec.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 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 -- markos From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailapp01.imgtec.com ([195.59.15.196]:15145 "EHLO mailapp01.imgtec.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27007161AbaH1Hy5ck0uu (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:54:57 +0200 Message-ID: <53FEE049.8030906@imgtec.com> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:54:49 +0100 From: Markos Chandras MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [request for stable inclusion] MIPS fixes for 3.16 References: <53FDE583.9060908@imgtec.com> <20140827212310.GA27456@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20140827212310.GA27456@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: To: Greg KH Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Message-ID: <20140828075449.DsA6lAUNRnhz_eXvK0CwLh1SG0l4Z9gBqOXd3USnCD0@z> 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 -- markos