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Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:44:29 +0200 From: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...alogix.com> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> CC: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, jw@...ix.com, os@...ix.com, dhowells@...hat.com, rmk@....linux.org.uk, cooloney@...nel.org, geert@...ux-m68k.org, vapier.adi@...il.com, gerg@...inux.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3] flat: fix data sections alignment Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 09:08:02 +0900 > Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> wrote: > > >> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 01:43:57PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:49:56 +0200 >>> Johannes Weiner <jw@...ix.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 04:08:47PM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 04:25:53PM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 01:53:43PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >>>>>> Paul and Mike had complaints. Paul acked the last revision. Mike? >>>>>> We need this for upstream to compile on our configuration. >>>>>> >>> Who is Mike? >>> >>> (A pox upon email clients which strip real names) >>> >>> >>>>> Can we get this merged? Nobody complained. >>>>> >>>> <periodic echo-request> >>>> >>>> What are the plans on this now? I assume it drowned in other changes... >>>> Is it too late to get this in .30 now? >>>> >>> The patch had a fairly shaky start and it's been unclear to me that >>> everyone is happy with it and has tested it. >>> >>> arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h | 3 -- >>> arch/blackfin/include/asm/flat.h | 1 >>> arch/h8300/include/asm/flat.h | 1 >>> arch/m32r/include/asm/flat.h | 1 >>> arch/m68k/include/asm/flat.h | 1 >>> arch/sh/include/asm/flat.h | 1 >>> fs/binfmt_flat.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- >>> >>> I guess ARM is the major architecture amongst that lot. Have Russell >>> and co had a decent look through this? >>> >>> >> The problem here is that the ARM nommu people seem to have disappeared >> shortly after getting their changes merged. I see no activity within the >> kernel for ARM nommu since 2006. >> > > heh, OK. Oskar touched it last, so he's now ARM nommu maintainer. > > >> Given that xtensa has a need for this in >> its nommu port and people are working on it presently, there certainly >> has to be a limit to how far we go in allowing an outdated and >> effectively abandoned port from blocking progress. Perhaps Russell has a >> more optimistic outlook on the future of ARM nommu, though. >> >> The only architectures in that list presently active in the linux nommu >> space in terms of development, support, and shipping products, are >> blackfin, m68k, and sh. This too has been the case for years. Microblaze >> has recently been added (which will also need the same change to its >> flat.h), and it seems the xtensa folks are at least presently willing to >> do more than the bare minimum to keep their port limping along. >> > > OK, thanks, I'll send it in to Linus this week. > Can you remove flat_stack_align for Microblaze too? It should be in this patch too. Thanks, Michal diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h index acf0da5..6847c15 100644 --- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h +++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ #include <asm/unaligned.h> -#define flat_stack_align(sp) /* nothing needed */ #define flat_argvp_envp_on_stack() 0 #define flat_old_ram_flag(flags) (flags) #define flat_reloc_valid(reloc, size) ((reloc) <= (size)) > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- Michal Simek, Ing. (M.Eng) PetaLogix - Linux Solutions for a Reconfigurable World w: www.petalogix.com p: +61-7-30090663,+42-0-721842854 f: +61-7-30090663 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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