On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 09:10 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
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> > Should I seek somebody's ack before merging a patch like the one below ?
> >
> > I'm a bit reluctant to merge via the powerpc.git tree some changes to
> > generic files without
Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >
> > Should I seek somebody's ack before merging a patch like the one below ?
> >
> > I'm a bit reluctant to merge via the powerpc.git tree some changes to
> > generic files without at least an ack from somebody e
Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 18:58 -0500, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> > > diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> > > index d48ff5f..834c2c4 100644
> > > --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> > > +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> > > @@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ static int padzero(unsigned long elf_bss)
> > >
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
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> Should I seek somebody's ack before merging a patch like the one below ?
>
> I'm a bit reluctant to merge via the powerpc.git tree some changes to
> generic files without at least an ack from somebody else :-)
Gaah. Generally we don't, but
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:35:39 +1000 Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Linus, Andrew !
>
> Should I seek somebody's ack before merging a patch like the one below ?
I think it's good to do so.
> I'm a bit reluctant to merge via the powerpc.git tree some changes to
> generic f
Hi Linus, Andrew !
Should I seek somebody's ack before merging a patch like the one below ?
I'm a bit reluctant to merge via the powerpc.git tree some changes to
generic files without at least an ack from somebody else :-)
There have been some debate on whether this AT_BASE_PLATFORM is the
right
Some IBM POWER-based platforms have the ability to run in a
mode which mostly appears to the OS as a different processor from the
actual hardware. For example, a Power6 system may appear to be a
Power5+, which makes the AT_PLATFORM value "power5+". This means that
programs are restricted to the I
