Re: [GIT PULL] sh: remove sh5 support
From: Rich Felker
Date: Fri Jun 05 2020 - 11:59:59 EST
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 05:47:34PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 6/5/20 5:43 PM, Rich Felker wrote:
> >> Can you include the patch as well?
> >
> > This one is outside arch/sh and I'm not sure it's permissible to go up
> > through my tree. I was also under the impression that only part 1 was
> > needed to fix the immediate problem on sh and tha part 2 was for
> > completeness and to make sure the same doesn't happen on other archs
> > in the future, but maybe my understanding here is incorrect.
>
> Ah, sorry, I missed that. You're right, it should probably go through
> someone else's tree then.
Do you know if it's needed to un-break sh4? If so we should push to
get whoever has jurisdiction over it to include it; otherwise I'm
indifferent.
> >> And would it be okay to send a PR to Linus
> >> after that?
> >
> > Sure, will do right away once we resolve what to do with the above,
> > and provided you don't have anything else you want me to evaluate for
> > inclusion.
>
> Since we haven't agreed on the __get_user_64() patch yet, I would be
> in favor of getting the changes pulled in that have already been
> reviewed and acknowledged. I rather don't want the other contributors
> to wait any longer. Arnd in particular has done a tremendous job to
> untangle all the SH-5 code and I think we should finally get this
> in :).
Absolutely agreed.
Rich