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SubjectRe: Linux 3.4-rc7


On Wed, 1 Aug 2012, John David Anglin wrote:

> On 1-Aug-12, at 9:00 PM, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 13 May 2012, John David Anglin wrote:
> >
> > > On 13-May-12, at 4:40 PM, John David Anglin wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yes, the revised change fixes the compilation error. I'll know in a
> > > > while
> > > > if
> > > > my config boots.
> > >
> > >
> > > I successfully booted 3.4-rc7 with this change on rp3440 (4 cpu smp). My
> > > build also
> > > included cache and other fixes that are being discussed on the parisc
> > > list.
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > Hi David
> >
> > Can I download a series of your PA-RISC patches somewhere?
> >
> > I applied this http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-parisc/msg03352.html and
> > it improved stability for me (I had no gcc crashes since that, only
> > about two aptitude crashes).
> >
> > How stable is it for you? Do you have some random crashes or not?
>
>
> Attached are my latest patch sets for linux-stable 3.4 and 3.5 branches.
> There is no place to to download them directly. I added Jiri Kosina's
> personality fix today to the 3.5 patch set. Otherwise, they are similar.
>
> In general, stability with 3.4 has been pretty good. I just started testing
> 3.5 a couple of days ago. I went about three weeks without a random
> crash with 3.4 after I removed Al Viro's restart patch. It was causing
> problems with irq handling.

Which restart patch do you mean?

> This is on 64-bit rp3440. I have been using it to build debian unstable
> and test GCC 4.8. So, the machine gets a fair bit of exercise. In the last
> little while, it has been pretty easy to keep up with the changes in unstable.
>
> Sorry, I haven't had time to submit my changes. Some of the cache fixes
> are a bit hard to explain.
>
> Dave
> --
> John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net

Thanks. For me the kernel with the patch works fine - it would be nice to
break it up to smaller pieces and submit it.

Mikulas


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