Re: [PATCH] mesh: target 0 aborted

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>]

>	I'm the one responsible for this patch. I can't boot my powerpc7600
whithout 
>it. I've been pushing this patch (on the linux-ppc list) for so long
(several 
>years, don't remember), that I've given up last year.
>
>	Linuxppc people are even worse than Linus. I did not even get an answer 
>about a problem with my patch or whatever. Pure 'nothing'. Not even a 'no'.
>
>	I'm still ready to test/discuss about the pb with anybody, anyway.
>
>	Let's get clear about what I've done : I'm using linuxppc for many years, 
>and at one point, the kernel refused to boot. I've checked the difference 
>between this kernel and the last one I was using, and merely changed
back the 
>mesh.c so that it works. As I was not following kernel dvpmt very closely by 
>then, I can't tell when the change that broke things came in.

I'm probably responsible for your patch never beeing merged then, sorry
about that. MESH is a weird beast, sometimes, fixing it for one case will
break others, it's pretty timing sensitive and full of interesting HW
bugs. One problem I have currently is the lack of HW. Fortunately, I've
managed to get back an old 8500 class machine (with MESH), this will
allow me to play a bit with it.

I'm away for now, but I'll look into this once I'm back, next week.

Ben.