Re: [PATCH v6 10/18] sh/tlb: Convert SH to generic mmu_gather

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Hi!

On 12/5/19 11:56 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> I have to admit, I have been very lazy with kernel updates. I have been
>> planning to upgrade to a much more recent release on my boards for a while
>> now, I have just been postponing it since the machines run very stable
>> with the current kernel I am using.
>>
> 
> Hey, if you write a qemu emulation, I'll be happy to run it on a regular
> basis :-)

There is working SH emulation in QEMU. I have been wanting to prepare a
current Debian/sh4 test image for that purpose for a while now.

For the time being, you can use the image by Aurelien Jarno:

> https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/sh4/

> Problem is really that the architecture doesn't get as much attention as
> it needs. The backtrace pointed to by Rob has been seen for a long time,
> but either there is no one with the knowledge to fix it, or they are all
> busy with other stuff.

I fully agree. I'm mostly busy with the userland stuff, i.e. Debian packages
for sh4 and not so much with the kernel.

Adrian

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