2014-07-07 07:32:14

by Max Filippov

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Subject: Re: Release of Linux MTI-3.10-LTS kernel.

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Steven J. Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Imagination Technologies is pleased to announce the release of its 3.10 LTS
> (Long-Term Support) MIPS kernel. The changelog below is based off the stable
> Linux 3.10.14 release done by Greg Kroah-Hartman in commit
> 8c15abc94c737f9120d3d4a550abbcbb9be121f6 back on October 1st. The code
> repository is hosted at the Linux/MIPS project GIT:
>
> http://git.linux-mips.org/?p=linux-mti.git;a=summary
>
> We look forward to any comments or feedback.
>
> The Imagination MIPS Kernel Team
[...]
> Fixes:
> * MIPS HIGHMEM fixes for cache aliasing and non-DMA I/O.

I'm adding HIGHMEM support to xtensa cores with aliasing cache, and found
that the above patch makes generic kmap cache-color aware. Is there a plan
on upstreaming that patch? I can help with upstreaming of the generic part of
it if there's no such plan.

--
Thanks.
-- Max