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SubjectRe: [3.13-rc regression] Unbreak Loongson2 and r4k-generic flush icache range
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On Jan 13, 2014, Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com> wrote:

> Hello.

>> Commit 14bd8c08, that replaced Loongson2-specific ifdefs with cpu tests,
>> inverted the CPU test in local_r4k_flush_icache_range. Loongson2 won't
>> boot up using the generic icache flush code. Presumably other CPUs
>> might face other problems when presented with Loongson2-specific icache
>> flush code too. This patch enabled my Yeeloong to boot up successfully
>> a 3.13-rc kernel for the first time, after a long git bisect session.

>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Oliva <lxoliva@fsfla.org>

> Fix for this issue has been posted long ago:

> http://marc.info/?l=linux-mips&m=138575576803890

Thanks. As long ago as that was, I still don't see it in Torvalds's
master branch. Was a pull request including this patch ever send his
way? Such a trivial fix for such a show-stopper shouldn't find any
difficulties making 3.13, I think.

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You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi
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