Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 May 2009 17:16:31 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -v3] flat: fix data sections alignment |
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On Thu, 28 May 2009 09:08:02 +0900 Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 01:43:57PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Wed, 27 May 2009 13:49:56 +0200 > > Johannes Weiner <jw@emlix.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 04:08:47PM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 04:25:53PM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 01:53:43PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > Paul and Mike had complaints. Paul acked the last revision. Mike? > > > > > We need this for upstream to compile on our configuration. > > > > Who is Mike? > > > > (A pox upon email clients which strip real names) > > > > > > Can we get this merged? Nobody complained. > > > > > > <periodic echo-request> > > > > > > What are the plans on this now? I assume it drowned in other changes... > > > Is it too late to get this in .30 now? > > > > The patch had a fairly shaky start and it's been unclear to me that > > everyone is happy with it and has tested it. > > > > arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h | 3 -- > > arch/blackfin/include/asm/flat.h | 1 > > arch/h8300/include/asm/flat.h | 1 > > arch/m32r/include/asm/flat.h | 1 > > arch/m68k/include/asm/flat.h | 1 > > arch/sh/include/asm/flat.h | 1 > > fs/binfmt_flat.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- > > > > I guess ARM is the major architecture amongst that lot. Have Russell > > and co had a decent look through this? > > > The problem here is that the ARM nommu people seem to have disappeared > shortly after getting their changes merged. I see no activity within the > kernel for ARM nommu since 2006.
heh, OK. Oskar touched it last, so he's now ARM nommu maintainer.
> Given that xtensa has a need for this in > its nommu port and people are working on it presently, there certainly > has to be a limit to how far we go in allowing an outdated and > effectively abandoned port from blocking progress. Perhaps Russell has a > more optimistic outlook on the future of ARM nommu, though. > > The only architectures in that list presently active in the linux nommu > space in terms of development, support, and shipping products, are > blackfin, m68k, and sh. This too has been the case for years. Microblaze > has recently been added (which will also need the same change to its > flat.h), and it seems the xtensa folks are at least presently willing to > do more than the bare minimum to keep their port limping along.
OK, thanks, I'll send it in to Linus this week.
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