linux-kernel - Re: Sparc: Fix Mes in highmem.c

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Message-ID: <CAPDOMVji-rOr4OT0M+RX0XaKLsscH_PJ8Q0BEw3xyp34KjHOKA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:06:41 -0400
From:	Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Sparc: Fix Mes in highmem.c

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:05:12PM -0400, Nick Krause wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 3:52 AM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:25:30PM -0400, Nick Krause wrote:
>> >>> I am hitting three Fix mes in this file and am wondering as the
>> >>> maintainer how you would like
>> >>> to clean them up.
>> >>
>> >> They may be addressed if we one day decide to give the sparc32 highmem
>> >> support a big overhaul. Until then they are left as is.
>> >>
>> >>         Sam
>> >  Very well then I will just not touch it until we are going to
>> > overhaul the highmem  for
>> > sparc32.
>> > Cheers Nick
>> If you want I can fix the sparc32 highmem area with your help. I am new
>> to the kernel so a little help if needed would be great when doing this work
>> for you:).
>
> It will take a bit more than a "little help" to do such a task. Among other
> things, owning a sparc32 box is one of them. Do you happen to have one?
> Or do you have access to one?
>
> -- Steve
>

I understand that I don't have a sparc32 box , however if someone can
test my fixes for me this
may work.
Cheers Nick
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