[PATCH 00/14] Backport 8xx TLB to 2.4

[Joakim Tjernlund]

Willy Tarreau <w at 1wt.eu> wrote on 2011/12/11 18:33:46:
>
> Hi Joakim,
>
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 06:19:54PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > > To: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se>
> > > From: Willy Tarreau <w at 1wt.eu>
> > >
> > > Hi Joakim,  On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 01:30:06PM +0200, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > This is a
> > > backport from 2.6 which I did to overcome 8xx CPU > bugs. 8xx does not update the DAR register
> > > when taking a TLB > error caused by dcbX and icbi insns which makes it very > tricky to use these
> > > insns. Also the dcbst wrongly sets the > the store bit when faulting into DTLB error. > A few
> > > more bugs very found during development. >  > I know 2.4 is in strict maintenance mode and 8xx is
> > > obsolete > but as it is still in use I wanted 8xx to age with grace.  Thank you. I must admit I
> > > was hoping those patches would come in for a last release before the end of the year :-)  Unless
> > > there is any objection from anyone, I'll merge them when kernel.org is back online.  Cheers,
> > > Willy
> >
> > Did this go anywhere?
>
> Not yet, I just need to find some time to release another 2.4 with these
> patches.

Ping? There should be a tree somewhere by now :)

    Jocke