On 08/28/2014 08:54 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: > 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 > Hi Greg, Are you happy with the above explanation? If so, could you please consider including these patches to the 3.16 stable kernels? 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