From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John David Anglin Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: fixes and cleanups in page cache flushing (1/4) Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:11:25 -0500 Message-ID: <510FEBBD.9000207@bell.net> References: <20130203225909.GA14573@p100.box> <777a626d6eff1b2a6194dcfa6a8ad313@sf-mail.de> <20130204152456.294020@gmx.net> <20130204163743.248510@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: eike-kernel@sf-tec.de, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com To: Helge Deller Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20130204163743.248510@gmx.net> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org 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. Dave -- John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net