From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keith Owens Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:47:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.13 8/7 respin 1] MCA/INIT: tweaks Message-Id: <22319.1126410433@ocs3.ocs.com.au> List-Id: References: <22055.1126409801@ocs3.ocs.com.au> In-Reply-To: <22055.1126409801@ocs3.ocs.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:36:41 +1000, Keith Owens wrote: >Respin 1 of the tweaks to the previous MCA/INIT patch sets. > >* Remove the requirement that kernel stacks be aligned on KERNEL_STACK_SIZE. >* Remove the serialization of MCA/INIT handlers returning to SAL. The > problem looked like a race but was really caused by a broken prom > doing cacheable accesses to the minstate area. >* Print the cpu number and monarch status in the INIT handler. >* Workaround for broken proms that access the minstate area using > cacheable addresses. >* Remove the export of the scheduler hooks until we have modular code > that needs them. >* Remove the final reference to MINSTATE_VIRT. >* Workaround for broken proms that drive all INIT events as slaves. >* Workaround for broken proms that drive all INIT events as monarchs. Tony, that is all the changes that I have planned for the (fast approaching) 2.6.14-rc1. The scheduler hooks have already been posted to linux-kernel for discussion[1], the patch got just one query which has been answered. Do you want me to reissue a new complete patch set or are you happy with appending the tweaks to the existing patch set? Whatever is easier for your git tree. [1] http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/9/8/315/