linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] i387: stable kernel backport

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Date:	Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:16:05 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Raphael Prevost <raphael@...o.asia>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] i387: stable kernel backport

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 03:05:32PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 02/23/2012 01:10 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >>
> >> That would be awesome.
> > 
> > Ok, the patches are at:
> > 	git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/stable-test.git linux-3.2.y-i387-test
> > 
> > They are on top of the 3.2.7 kernel release.
> > 
> > If that doesn't work for you, please let me know.
> > 
> 
> This is a bit odd.
> 
> I don't see the user space FPU corruption I did with the old code, but
> the wifi drops off the network and won't come back after running for
> quite a while.  It might be coincidence, but I have had it happen a few
> times now.

And a "clean" 3.2.7 doesn't have that problem?

Does the same thing happen in Linus's tree at the moment?

greg k-h
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