Re: [PATCH] powerpc 8xx: Fixing issue with CONFIG_PIN_TLB

[leroy christophe]

Le 12/09/2013 02:15, Benjamin Herrenschmidt a Ãcrit :
> On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 17:36 -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> > I wonder why we don't start from entry 31 so we can actually make use of
> > that autodecrement.  What will happen when we load the first normal TLB
> > entry later on?  I don't see any setting of SPRN_MD_CTR after this code,
> > so won't it overwrite entry 30 (the middle 8M) in the CONFIG_PIN_TLB
> > case?
> >
> > Ben, would patches like this be considered bugfixes as far as merging
> > goes, or would they be for next given that it's something that's never
> > really worked right and hasn't been touched in years?
> Since they don't affect anything outside of 8xx, I'm happy to take them
> until around -rc2 or 3. But it's your call really.
Scott, you're right, I didn't see that other consequence.
I'll come with a more complete patch this afternoon.
Thanks
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