Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-34,: Re: [PATCH] solaris/sparc emul improvements against 2.2.11

# Re: [PATCH] solaris/sparc emul improvements against 2.2.11

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 14:04:10 +0100

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shadow@dementia.org said:
> Given that the sparc64 work is newer, why would we want to try to
> merge it with the older iBCS stuff? The theoretical answer was that
> someone was supposed to port the sparc64 work in the kernel to
> sparc32, and it's on my list, but right now sparcbook stuff is at
> higher priority, and ...

That doesn't explain why the sparc64 code went into the kernel in the first
place, rather than being put in with the rest of the iBCS code. If it hadn't
been separated from the original code, it wouldn't be getting out of sync at
all.

> ... I'd be happy for someone else to backport the
> sparc64 work to sparc32, but it seems I'm the only one who cares who
> actually intends to work on the code.

Except me - I've been working on the Solaris/x86 code. Should that be put into
arch/i386/solaris to mirror the Sparc64 version, or can we attempt to
reconcile them all in the iBCS code where they started off?

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