linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] ftrace: fixes for PPC

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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:42:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] ftrace: fixes for PPC

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Josh Boyer wrote:
> >
> >My powerbook does not boot with ftrace enabled. I'm currently debugging 
> >it. When I get it working, you'll see patches.
> 
> Well, that's why I asked.  You sent 2 patches out over a month ago that
> don't appear to have shown up in any Linus or PowerPC tree.

OK, I'll see if those patches fixes my problem.

> 
> >They will be to linux-tip though, and not for the current mainline (unless 
> >the code in linux-tip gets merged).
> 
> If linux-tip is some x86 topic branch, I think that's the wrong place for
> fixes that are needed on non-x86 arches.

linux-tip has been used by more that x86 specific changes. It's where we 
have been developing ftrace itself.

My original port to PPC first landed into linux-tip.

-- Steve

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