Re: [PATCH] alpha: makefile: don't enforce small data model for kernel builds

[Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>]

On 03/25/2013 03:55:28 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>  
> wrote:
> > On 26/03/2013, at 4:09 AM, Tobias Klausmann wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 25 Mar 2013, Will Deacon wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Any news on these? I've included an updated version of the first  
> patch,
> >>> with
> >>> the Tested-by-tag and a tweaked commit message below.
> >>
> >>
> >> As a data point, I tried vanilla 3.8.4 on the weekend. With my
> >> usual config on a UP1500, it will fail at build time with
> >> relocation errors. If I remove -msmall-data (or replace it with
> >> ~big~), the machine hangs hard immediatly after aboot telling me
> >> it's starting it.
> >
> >
> > You probably want the "alpha: Add irongate_io to to PCI bus  
> resources" patch
> > posted by Matt Turner in the linux-alpha forum.  Looks like it has  
> not been
> > sent to Linus.
> >
> > If Matt does not respond in the next day or two I'll collect  
> patches and
> > send them on to Linus.
> 
> Yes, please do. I haven't powered on an alpha in a few months.

What would it take to add Alpha system support to qemu? (It's got  
userspace, but not the system management mode instructions, mmu, or a  
board emulation.)

Rob