Re: [4.2-rc4] recurring build issue

[Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>]

+ LKML

On 08/12/2015 10:29 AM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> A while ago we faced a build issue for MIPS architecture (see attached
> config) and someone (forgot who) provided reference to following patch
> which fixed the issue so I applied it in our repo.
>
> commit cd532e6356425fef41f25c31411867cf80d7541b
> Author: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
> Date:   Sun May 3 10:36:19 2015 +0100
>
>      MIPS: pgtable-bits.h: Correct _PAGE_GLOBAL_SHIFT build failure
>
>      Correct a build failure introduced by be0c37c9 [MIPS: Rearrange PTE
> bits
>      into fixed positions.]:
>
> With a merge of 4.2-rc4 those changes were lost and the build issue was
> back. Is there any chance the patch will be posted upstream in some
> form. For now I reapplied the patch, but would like to get rid of that
> type of maintenance.

Ping? Any reaction from mips community? My knowledge about MIPS 
architecture is next to nil so try to avoid fiddling with it myself.

Regards,
Arend