From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 09:47:32 -0600 From: Grant Grundler To: Alexander Gabert Cc: grsecurity@grsecurity.net, willy@debian.org, parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] parisc-linux.org kernel Message-ID: <20030409154732.GB4503@dsl2.external.hp.com> References: <20030408165306.GA15433@nikita.ath.cx> <20030408165825.GB23430@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030408170612.GA15497@nikita.ath.cx> <20030408170839.GC23430@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030409054929.GB21306@dsl2.external.hp.com> <52352.145.253.137.30.1049874876.squirrel@nikita.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <52352.145.253.137.30.1049874876.squirrel@nikita.ath.cx> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:54:36AM +0200, Alexander Gabert wrote: > background: > b) parisc-linux.org is then mainstreamed in 2.5 and will discontinue > "split development"c) parisc-linux kernel _boots_ and _works_ and is _continued_ to be > developed in _MAINSTREAM_ not in parisc-linux.org CVS > i want that to happen anyway. not just for grsec patches. > it is a sad joke that parisc-linux.org kernels are good and the kernel.org > parisc source is just a silly excuse for not having the parisc-linux.org > sources melt in. sorry for that. No - you don't understand the roles of the various trees. The CVS on parisc-linux.org will *always* be authoritative tree for parisc-linux. It should be considered a "developement" branch for kernel.org. This is true for nearly every architecture except i386 (and alpha?) which are maintained by issueing a patch against kernel.org. > right, in this stadium i can "oversee" the necessary patches: > > i strip the nonparisc, multiplatform support away with a perl script, > fiddle with about 3-4 hunks that have to be taken out because they already > exist in parisc source (for example latest ptrace kernel exploit), another > 6-10 "look at it and try to intelligently put it into the slightly > different parisc source" and the rest is "make up" like double insertions, > typos and the like :-) Oh cool - so it's not as bad as I thought...can you run diffstat on the various "hunks" you've got? > >> we're mostly > >> merged for 2.5 and i'd rather spend my time working on that. > > okay, this basically means to wait for a 2.5.* grsec patch and in the > meantime continue hacking in the grsec patches by hand, which is just what You hopefully won't have nearly the same problems as with 2.4. (grsec team working on stale arch/parisc code) ... > with the help of the PaX team, yesterday i managed to get the 199f patch > going on my 712, with all GRKERNSEC* options enabled but just a little > PAGEEXEC "brute disabled routine" in binfmt_elf.c that inverses the > behaviour of chpax -p, i will get into that later today when i come home. > http://nikita.ath.cx/users/pappy/grsec/199f/parisc-linux-2.4.20-pa32-grsecurity-1.9.9f-parisc-only.patch very cool. > thanks for your support and that you are dealing with this issue so > friendly and open minded. thanks too, grant