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Subject: Re: PPC upstream kernel ignored DABR bug
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On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 09:42 +0100, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > I saw no effect from that change.  So now we're back to pure
> mystery, 
> > I guess.
> 
> Hey, we know something now: it's "just" a problem in the kernel :-)

We don't know that for sure. The DABR context switching code is trivial
enough...

Ben.