John David Anglin wrote: > On 2/4/2013 11:37 AM, Helge Deller wrote: > >>> Von: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> Helge Deller wrote: > >>>> This is the first patch in a series of 4, with which the page cache > >>>> flushing of > >>>> parisc will gets fixed and enhanced. This even fixes the nasty > >>>> "minifail" bug > >>>> (http://wiki.parisc-linux.org/TestCases?highlight=%28minifail%29) > >>>> which > >>>> prevented parisc to stay an official debian port. Basically the > >>>> flush in > >>>> copy_user_page together with the TLB patch from commit > >>>> 7139bc1579901b53db7e898789e916ee2fb52d78 is what fixes the minifail > >>>> bug. > >>> > >>> Is this series expected to fix the thread related problems I see in the > >>> git testsuite? > >> > >> I expect so, if not, please let us know! > > > > Ahem... actually: > > MAYBE!!! > > > > The problem is, that you probably will need an updated glibc (and maybe > > compiler) as well. Dave has done a lot of work to fix stuff. We have > > copied the most important update-packages to ftp.parisc-linux.org. To > > update, just make sure the following lines are in your > > /etc/apt/source.list file: deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports > > unstable main > > deb ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/debian-ports/unstable unstable main > > deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main > > > > Do *not* just update to the packages of debian-ports.org. If you do that > > it will render your system unbootable, since the udev-package is broken > > and it will not find your discs at startup. > > > > It's on my todo-list to upload further packages, update the website on how > > to update your system, and of course to get a buildd working... > Just a note, these packages are for debian systems. I believe that Eike is > running gentoo. With respect to glibc, Carlos had a set of changes which I > submitted to Debian. The full set was accepted around the -30 unstable > release. > I think most of these are in gentoo but the matter needs review. Oh Dave, I wanted to write a mail with "apt-get: no such command" or something ;) I have tested your patchset you sent on 2012-12-31 and it fixed my git issues. So it simply boils down to: is everything from that patchset now in Helge's tree? Eike
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