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

Willy Tarreau [off-list ref] wrote on 2011/12/11 18:33:46:

Hi Joakim,

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 06:19:54PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:

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To: Joakim Tjernlund <redacted>
From: Willy Tarreau <w@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 I know 2.4 is in strict maintenance mode and 8xx is
obsolete 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