From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:45:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:44765 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20022993AbXLFLpO (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:45:14 +0000 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB6BilI9006837; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:44:47 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id lB6Bikq7006836; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:44:46 GMT Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:44:46 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: David Daney Cc: peter fuerst , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Kumba , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [UPDATED PATCH] IP28 support Message-ID: <20071206114446.GC6498@linux-mips.org> References: <47570C27.9050901@avtrex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47570C27.9050901@avtrex.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) 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: 17717 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: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 12:37:59PM -0800, David Daney wrote: >> There was no answer to .../2006-05/msg01446.html. Perhaps i should just >> put together an updated patch, > > That would be helpful. It would have to be against GCC's svn trunk. > Currently 4.3 is in regression fix only mode. The earliest the patch could > appear in an official GCC release would probably be version 4.4 Many distributions have the policy of applying only patches that are upstream, even if they're upstream only for a newer version. As such getting them into the FSF 4.4 tree would also be tremendously useful as an icebreaker. Ralf