linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Pass IFSR register to do

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Date:	Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:03:16 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bityutskiy Artem <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>,
	Koskinen Aaro <aaro.koskinen@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: Pass IFSR register to do_PrefetchAbort()

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:55:42PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> It needed for proper prefetch abort handling on ARMv7.

I think the only thing which is missing is an explaination about why
this is desirable given that only later CPUs can give this additional
information.
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