linux-kernel - Re: ARM fixes for 2.6.31.12-rt20

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1001251142210.2906@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:45:26 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
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Subject: Re: ARM fixes for 2.6.31.12-rt20

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have done build tests for ARCH=arm on 2.6.31.12-rt20 and to fix most
> platforms I needed to cherry pick three commits from post-2.6.31
> mainline:
> 
> 	9fd868f ([WATCHDOG] davinci: use clock framework for timer frequency)
> 	b9696ea (net: Fix IXP 2000 network driver building.)
> 	0bfb34f (ARM: S3C2440: mini2440: Fix missing CONFIG_S3C_DEV_USB_HOST)

I have a hard time to see, why these patches fix most
platforms. AFAICT tell each one is fixing a single mach or board. 

> (One of these fails to cleanly apply on top of 2.6.31.12-rt20 so I made
> them available at
> 
> 	git://git.pengutronix.de/git/ukl/linux-2.6.git rt/arm
> 
> based on tip/rt/arm).  Then there is a problem with highmem (only on
> ARM).  A fix was discussed already earlier, but as there havn't been
> anyone volunteering to test it, Thomas didn't take it.  As I don't have
> a machine needing highmem I cannot test either.  So I just resend it as
> it changed slightly since the last post to keep it in the archives (or
> for the case Thomas wants to take it now).

No, I don't. Thanks,

    tglx