On 08/27/2014 10:23 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 03:04:51PM +0100, Markos Chandras wrote: >> Hi Greg, >> >> Could you please apply the following patches to the 3.16.X stable kernels? >> >> - MIPS: EVA: Add new EVA header >> (f85b71ceabb9d8d8a9e34b045b5c43ffde3623b3) >> - MIPS: Malta: EVA: Rename 'eva_entry' to 'platform_eva_init' >> (ca4d24f7954f3746742ba350c2276ff777f21173) >> - MIPS: CPS: Initialize EVA before bringing up VPEs from secondary cores >> (6521d9a436a62e83ce57d6be6e5484e1098c1380) > > That really looks like a new feature, how is this a bugfix / regression > from previous kernel releases? > > thanks, > > greg k-h > Hi Greg, The bugfix is the 3rd patch in that list. Without this patch, it is not possible to boot a CPS kernel when EVA is enabled. The kernel will die in a horrible way. The other two patches simply make the bugfix fit better in the existing code. So all three are needed. Thank you -- markos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html