[PATCH 1/1] [PPC] 8xx swap bug-fix

Vitaly Bordug vitb at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Feb 5 09:38:57 EST 2008


On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:24:21 -0600
Scott Wood wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 12:22:17PM +0100, Jochen Friedrich wrote:
> > Hi Yuri,
> > 
> > >  Here is the patch which makes Linux-2.6 swap routines operate
> > > correctly on the ppc-8xx-based machines.
> > 
> > is there any 8xx board left which isn't ported to ARCH=powerpc?
> 
> More importantly, is this something that is also broken in
> arch/powerpc?  It looks like it has the same code...
> 
yes, it is. Though there is currently no best-at-all solution, this looks worth trying.
I'll have a look how the 8xx feels under load and report back.

-- 
Sincerely, Vitaly



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