linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v3] flat: fix data sections alignment

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Date:	Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:57:18 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Oskar Schirmer <os@...ix.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, jw@...ix.com,
	dhowells@...hat.com, rmk@....linux.org.uk, cooloney@...nel.org,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, gerg@...inux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3] flat: fix data sections alignment

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:15, Oskar Schirmer wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 17:16:31 -0700, 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:
>> > > 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.
>
> Well, I'ld need some test device for that purpose.
> Someone around who can provide one?

seems a bit odd for a maintainer to not have any hardware ... at any
rate, dont you have an ARM system ?  cant you just disable support for
the MMU ?
-mike
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