linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: Provide Kconfig option for default IEEE 754 conformance mode

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Date:   Thu, 6 Aug 2020 10:16:05 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Cc:     WANG Xuerui <git@...0n.name>,
        Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>,
        Zhou Yanjie <zhouyanjie@...o.com>,
        Liangliang Huang <huanglllzu@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: Provide Kconfig option for default IEEE 754
 conformance mode

On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 09:59:15PM +0800, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> 
> 
> 在 2020/8/1 14:11, Jiaxun Yang 写道:
> >Requested by downstream distros, a Kconfig option for default
> >IEEE 754 conformance mode allows them to set their mode to
> >relaxed by default.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
> >Reviewed-by: WANG Xuerui <git@...0n.name>
> >Reviewed-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
> >Reviewed-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>
> >
> >--
> >v2: Reword according to Xuerui's suggestion.
> >---
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Is it possible to get this patch into 5.9 merge window?
> I think it have got enough review tag, and the config option was requested
> by a Debian developer. The next Debian release will take 5.9 lts kernel and
> they don't want to ship a non-bootable kernel in a major release.

no I won't include it into 5.9, I need to first go through links pointed
to by Maciej and fully understand what a proper solution could be.

Thomas.

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