Please pull powerpc.git merge branch

Bartlomiej Sieka tur at semihalf.com
Sat Mar 29 09:06:29 EST 2008


Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Linus,
> 
> I have added another commit to the powerpc.git merge branch, so when
> you do:
> 
> git pull \
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git merge
> 
> you'll get a fix for a bug where the hardware data breakpoint would
> sometimes fail to trigger on powerpc, if multiple threads put a
> breakpoint on the same address.  The bug has been around for a while
> and Michael Ellerman just found the cause and posted a fix.

Hello Paul,

What about http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch?id=17525 ? I don't
see it in the merge branch of your repository, and it would be nice to
get it upstream as it fixes boot problems on some MPC5200-based boards.

Regards,
Bartlomiej



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