From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rolf Eike Beer Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: fixes and cleanups in page cache flushing (1/4) Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:57:48 +0100 Message-ID: <1486683.rMoLpHzbnF@eto> References: <20130203225909.GA14573@p100.box> <20130204163743.248510@gmx.net> <510FEBBD.9000207@bell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6979563.VHPCXQA3fD"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Cc: Helge Deller , linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com To: John David Anglin Return-path: In-Reply-To: <510FEBBD.9000207@bell.net> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org --nextPart6979563.VHPCXQA3fD Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" John David Anglin wrote: > On 2/4/2013 11:37 AM, Helge Deller wrote: > >>> Von: Rolf Eike Beer > >>> > >>> Helge Deller wrote: > >>>> This is the first patch in a series of 4, with which the page cache > >>>> flushing of > >>>> parisc will gets fixed and enhanced. This even fixes the nasty > >>>> "minifail" bug > >>>> (http://wiki.parisc-linux.org/TestCases?highlight=%28minifail%29) > >>>> which > >>>> prevented parisc to stay an official debian port. Basically the > >>>> flush in > >>>> copy_user_page together with the TLB patch from commit > >>>> 7139bc1579901b53db7e898789e916ee2fb52d78 is what fixes the minifail > >>>> bug. > >>> > >>> Is this series expected to fix the thread related problems I see in the > >>> git testsuite? > >> > >> I expect so, if not, please let us know! > > > > Ahem... actually: > > MAYBE!!! > > > > The problem is, that you probably will need an updated glibc (and maybe > > compiler) as well. Dave has done a lot of work to fix stuff. We have > > copied the most important update-packages to ftp.parisc-linux.org. To > > update, just make sure the following lines are in your > > /etc/apt/source.list file: deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports > > unstable main > > deb ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/debian-ports/unstable unstable main > > deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main > > > > Do *not* just update to the packages of debian-ports.org. If you do that > > it will render your system unbootable, since the udev-package is broken > > and it will not find your discs at startup. > > > > It's on my todo-list to upload further packages, update the website on how > > to update your system, and of course to get a buildd working... > Just a note, these packages are for debian systems. I believe that Eike is > running gentoo. With respect to glibc, Carlos had a set of changes which I > submitted to Debian. The full set was accepted around the -30 unstable > release. > I think most of these are in gentoo but the matter needs review. Oh Dave, I wanted to write a mail with "apt-get: no such command" or something ;) I have tested your patchset you sent on 2012-12-31 and it fixed my git issues. So it simply boils down to: is everything from that patchset now in Helge's tree? Eike --nextPart6979563.VHPCXQA3fD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlEP9qEACgkQXKSJPmm5/E7gEACgh7iMz3l22ZCvkhmlco8B0zk/ YPgAn29c9fJV2rWvd01gGuyX7qNX7KVd =VDRx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6979563.VHPCXQA3fD--