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= PA-RISC Linux TODO (actually this is Helge's TODO list) =
 
= PA-RISC Linux TODO (actually this is Helge's TODO list) =
  
== Status & TODO 2019-05-27 ==
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== Status & TODO 2020-10-23 ==
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* parisc timers: convert to generic clockevent (Arnd Bergmann) - https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-parisc/patch/20201008154651.1901126-14-arnd@arndb.de/
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* qemu: Check "HPPA support for IGNITE-UX install discs" for HP Logic Analyzer 16700A (Mail from Keith Monahan <keith@techtravels.org> Sept 2020)
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* Check Sven's HPMC patch, against https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b845f66f78bf42a4ce98e5cfe0e94fab41dd0742
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* Check if https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/23/1246 was added to avoid TLB stalls (commits https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c6fe44d96fc1536af5b11cd859686453d1b7bfd1 and https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2a9127fcf2296674d58024f83981f40b128fffea) - kernel v5.9 seems good.
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* STARTED by Sven: Fix kexec on PA8800/PA8900 CPUs: how to restart the CPUs on these systems?
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* Add TOC handler - CC_MC_OS_TOC_MISSING on c8000 (Sven)
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** Enable TOC button on c8000, sending TOC via IPMI interface "toc s",
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* upgrade libgcc via:
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** apt install -f -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
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** see: https://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/08/01/understanding-dpkgs-file-overwrite-error/
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* qemu
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** Check "IGNITE-UX install discs" from Keith Monahan (09/20)
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** Add pvpanic kernel support? - maybe?
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** STARTED: Finish LASI and 82596 NIC for QEMU -> https://github.com/hdeller/qemu-hppa/commits/lasi
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* DONE: autofs/automounter is broken, patch sent to list, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892953
 
* Fix stifb kernel hangs with latest kernels (4.9ff)
 
* Fix stifb kernel hangs with latest kernels (4.9ff)
* STARTED: add dynamic ftrace support - http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux.git/commit/?h=ftrace-dynamic&id=059645d9dadbd802d0487d1b8ab9b9269df18e0e, now done by Sven.
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* Add BPF assember implementation
 
* Enable SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
 
* Enable SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
* STARTED: implement kexec syscall
 
 
* ONGOING: Enable UBSAN and fix fallouts
 
* ONGOING: Enable UBSAN and fix fallouts
 
* STARTED: implement CONFIG_VMAP_STACK "virtually mapped stacks and thread_info cleanup" -> https://lwn.net/Articles/693026/
 
* STARTED: implement CONFIG_VMAP_STACK "virtually mapped stacks and thread_info cleanup" -> https://lwn.net/Articles/693026/
* Enable TOC button on c8000, sending TOC via IPMI interface "toc s",
 
* STARTED: Implement LASI and 82596 NIC for QEMU -> https://github.com/hdeller/qemu-hppa/commits/lasi
 
* STARTED: Fix fallouts from strace, http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b7dc5a071ddf69c0350396b203cba32fe5bab510
 
 
* PALO - add regular rewind & load to avoid tftp boot timing issues. See mail from Frank Schreiner "PALO issues" (Dec 2018).
 
* PALO - add regular rewind & load to avoid tftp boot timing issues. See mail from Frank Schreiner "PALO issues" (Dec 2018).
** Modify palo to be able to load lifimage file
 
 
* STARTED: Implement kernel VDSO support - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux.git/log/?h=vdso
 
* STARTED: Implement kernel VDSO support - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux.git/log/?h=vdso
** Get rid of executable stack, maybe use gateway page instead for signal returns?
 
 
** [https://lore.kernel.org/linux-parisc/4544A34A.6080700@tausq.org/ Randolphs patch]
 
** [https://lore.kernel.org/linux-parisc/4544A34A.6080700@tausq.org/ Randolphs patch]
 
** [[Vdso]]
 
** [[Vdso]]
** Review gettimeofday and clock_gettime() implementation, possibly use a light-weight-syscall and rely on cr16 and cpu speed for more accurate timing? similiar to commit http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=18ad51dd342a7eb09dbcd059d0b451b616d4dafc  
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*** Get rid of executable stack, maybe use gateway page instead for signal returns?
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*** Review gettimeofday and clock_gettime() implementation, possibly use a light-weight-syscall and rely on cr16 and cpu speed for more accurate timing? similiar to commit http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=18ad51dd342a7eb09dbcd059d0b451b616d4dafc  
 
* STARTED: convert old-style rtc driver drivers/input/misc/hp_sdc_rtc.c to new RTC model, remove the procfs and miscdevice interfaces first and replace the ioctl with a struct rtc_class_ops. Arnd Bergmann can review those patches, but Alexandre and Alessandro are the ones who would merge them once the driver is moved to drivers/rtc. (Mail from Arnd Bergmann, 28.04.2016) - see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10701397/
 
* STARTED: convert old-style rtc driver drivers/input/misc/hp_sdc_rtc.c to new RTC model, remove the procfs and miscdevice interfaces first and replace the ioctl with a struct rtc_class_ops. Arnd Bergmann can review those patches, but Alexandre and Alessandro are the ones who would merge them once the driver is moved to drivers/rtc. (Mail from Arnd Bergmann, 28.04.2016) - see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10701397/
 
* check usage of CONFIG_MLONGCALLS, only 14MB/s with debian kernel and dd if=/dev/zero of=here bs=1k count=100000  ?
 
* check usage of CONFIG_MLONGCALLS, only 14MB/s with debian kernel and dd if=/dev/zero of=here bs=1k count=100000  ?
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* Enable BlockTLB on PA1.x for STI framebuffer (see block tlb info in sti.pdf documentation) and ftp://parisc.parisc-linux.org/docs/pdc32.pdf
 
* Enable BlockTLB on PA1.x for STI framebuffer (see block tlb info in sti.pdf documentation) and ftp://parisc.parisc-linux.org/docs/pdc32.pdf
 
* convert unaligned handler to use get_user/put_user inline asm
 
* convert unaligned handler to use get_user/put_user inline asm
* Fix shutdown: I had issued a "shutdown -r".  As noted above, a panic occurred during the reboot (all CPUs were up). After this, stall messages were output to console after the bios version was printed.  So yes, maybe CPUs should be "stopped" before a panic reboot? (by Dave, mail from 2017-03-31)
 
 
* Fix boot crash from Al Viro with sti gfx card (24.03.17)
 
* Fix boot crash from Al Viro with sti gfx card (24.03.17)
 
* debian parisc perl bug (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721537) shows that mmap on parisc linux is horribly inefficient.  We allocate huge maps for small files. This should be improved. Mailthread: " parisc mmap: private file maps" ,http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-parisc/msg05083.html  or  https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=119567  https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=119567  
 
* debian parisc perl bug (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721537) shows that mmap on parisc linux is horribly inefficient.  We allocate huge maps for small files. This should be improved. Mailthread: " parisc mmap: private file maps" ,http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-parisc/msg05083.html  or  https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=119567  https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=119567  
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** implement BUG() and WARN() with inline assembly so that interrupt happens in delay branch of "or,<> %r0,cond,%r0". Probably not possible, because gcc will report "control reaches end of non-void function" warnings/errors.
 
** implement BUG() and WARN() with inline assembly so that interrupt happens in delay branch of "or,<> %r0,cond,%r0". Probably not possible, because gcc will report "control reaches end of non-void function" warnings/errors.
  
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* 64-bit userspace support (from Dave Anglin, Nick Hudson):
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** 64-bit userspace, [[Binutils]] 64-bit binutils needs to be fixed to get multiple stub section support.
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** glibc port (hppa64 can use the generic thread code)
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** 64-bit support in gcc is probably pretty good as 64-bit HP-UX works fine.
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** gdb could be a problem due to a lack of a maintainer.
 
* Debian packages / Userspace work
 
* Debian packages / Userspace work
 
** IMPORTANT: fix OpenJDK - fixes required in zeroport (stack grows up!).
 
** IMPORTANT: fix OpenJDK - fixes required in zeroport (stack grows up!).
** Fix qemu  -> Richard Henderson started userspace-qemu in 11/2016: git://github.com/rth7680/qemu.git tgt-hppa
 
** 64-bit userspace, [[Binutils]] 64-bit binutils needs to be fixed to get multiple stub section support.
 
 
** gcc -> join 32- and 64bit compiler, make "-m64" work, get rid of hppa64-linux-gnu-gcc
 
** gcc -> join 32- and 64bit compiler, make "-m64" work, get rid of hppa64-linux-gnu-gcc
 
* userspace
 
* userspace
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** parisc: Directly call machine_power_off() in power button driver
 
** parisc: Directly call machine_power_off() in power button driver
 
** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d5654e156bc4d68a87bbaa6d7e020baceddf6e68 '''parisc: Fix HPMC handler by increasing size to multiple of 16 bytes''']
 
** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d5654e156bc4d68a87bbaa6d7e020baceddf6e68 '''parisc: Fix HPMC handler by increasing size to multiple of 16 bytes''']
** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b845f66f78bf42a4ce98e5cfe0e94fab41dd0742 '''parisc/pci: Switch LBA PCI bus from Hard Fail to Soft Fail mode''']
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b845f66f78bf42a4ce98e5cfe0e94fab41dd0742 '''parisc/pci: Switch LBA PCI bus from Hard Fail to Soft Fail mode'''] (backported to all kernels: 3.18.111 4.4.134 4.9.104 4.14.45 4.16.13 4.17)
 
** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a77ab0e7ce232a62adac3d85b9ae66d0f48385ac '''parisc: Add code generator for Qemu/SeaBIOS machine info''']
 
** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a77ab0e7ce232a62adac3d85b9ae66d0f48385ac '''parisc: Add code generator for Qemu/SeaBIOS machine info''']
 
** parisc: Fix out of array access in match_pci_device()
 
** parisc: Fix out of array access in match_pci_device()
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**  [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e6eb5fe9123f05dcbf339ae5c0b6d32fcc0685d5 parisc: Drop LDCW barrier in CAS code when running UP]
 
**  [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e6eb5fe9123f05dcbf339ae5c0b6d32fcc0685d5 parisc: Drop LDCW barrier in CAS code when running UP]
 
**  [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8d0e051cc75e2b1a7e2fd51fc56af332c9619618 parisc: Enable the ro_after_init feature]
 
**  [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8d0e051cc75e2b1a7e2fd51fc56af332c9619618 parisc: Enable the ro_after_init feature]
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=200036a8e802dee09103031eeeaea91dd212ec99 '''parisc: Allow building 64-bit kernel without -mlong-calls compiler option''']
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** parisc: Fix compiler warnings in float emulation code
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=527a1d1ede98479bf90c31a64822107ac7e6d276 '''parisc: Fix crash due alternative coding for NP iopdir_fdc bit''']  (backported to v5.0+)
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=63923d2c3800919774f5c651d503d1dd2adaddd5 '''parisc: Use implicit space register selection for loading the coherence index of I/O pdirs'''] (backported to all)
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=116d753308cf032159c7b7aa87c9605bb5354784 '''parisc: Use lpa instruction to load physical addresses in driver code''']
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** parisc: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
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** parisc: Kconfig: remove ARCH_DISCARD_MEMBLOCK
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** parisc/slab: cleanup after /proc/slab_allocators removal
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** parisc: Fix module loading error with JUMP_LABEL feature
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* Kernel 5.3
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** [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ca6366220ed285e29ee22f4cf5c68a0397cb005 '''parisc: add dynamic ftrace''']
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** compiler.h: add CC_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY
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** parisc: add support for patching multiple words
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** parisc: add spinlock to patch function
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** parisc: add WARN_ON() to clear_fixmap
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** parisc: use pr_debug() in kernel/module.c
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** parisc: asm: psw.h: missing header guard
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10835c854685393a921b68f529bf740fa7c9984d '''parisc: Fix kernel panic due invalid values in IAOQ0 or IAOQ1'''] (backported to all)
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34c32fc603311a72cb558e5e337555434f64c27b '''parisc: Ensure userspace privilege for ptraced processes in regset functions'''] (backported to 4.7+)
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=59a783dbc0d5fd6792aabff933055373b6dcbf2a '''parisc: Avoid kernel panic triggered by invalid kprobe'''] (backported to 5.2)
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** parisc: Wire up clone3 syscall
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** parisc: add kprobe_fault_handler()
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=69245c97560b40f88c609b078f4b51c5be81d88b parisc: Flush ITLB in flush_tlb_all_local() only on split TLB machines]
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** parisc: Mark expected switch fall-throughs in fault.c
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** parisc: Fix fall-through warnings in fpudispatch.c
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3fe6c873af2f2247544debdbe51ec29f690a2ccf parisc: Fix build of compressed kernel even with debug enabled]
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e50beea8e7738377b4fa664078547be338038ff9 parisc: Strip debug info from kernel before creating compressed vmlinuz]
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f2c5ed0dd5004c2cff5c0e3d430a107576fcc17f parisc: Add archclean Makefile target]
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** parisc: rename default_defconfig to defconfig
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** parisc: fix race condition in patching code
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* Kernel 5.4
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=83af58f8068ea3f7b3c537c37a30887bfa585069 '''parisc: Add assembly implementations for memset, strlen, strcpy, strncpy and strcat''']
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** parisc: Add ALTERNATIVE_CODE() and ALT_COND_RUN_ON_QEMU
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** parisc: speed up flush_tlb_all_local with qemu
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** parisc: Avoid warning when loading hppb driver
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** parisc: Convert eisa_enumerator to use pr_cont()
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** parisc: Drop comments which are already in pci.h
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** parisc: Save some bytes in dino driver
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5fa1659105fac63e0f3c199b476025c2e04111ce '''parisc: Disable HP HSC-PCI Cards to prevent kernel crash'''] (backported to all)
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** parisc: Have git ignore generated real2.S and firmware.c
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** kprobes/parisc: remove arch_kprobe_on_func_entry()
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** parisc/ftrace: Add ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_OPS support
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** parisc/ftrace: Add KPROBES_ON_FTRACE
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** parisc: Update feature list
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** parisc: trigger die notifier chain in parisc_terminate()
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=175fca3bf91a1111b7e46f6655666640556b9059 '''kexec: add KEXEC_ELF''']
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** kexec_elf: change order of elf_*_to_cpu() functions
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** kexec_elf: remove parsing of section headers
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** kexec_elf: remove PURGATORY_STACK_SIZE
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** kexec_elf: remove Elf_Rel macro
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** kexec_elf: remove unused variable in kexec_elf_load()
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** kexec_elf: support 32 bit ELF files
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** parisc: add __pdc_cpu_rendezvous()
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fc697dc0c26a5908d467454e49440862d7fe96d0 '''parisc: add kexec syscall support''']
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** parisc: wire up kexec_file_load syscall
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** parisc: add support for kexec_file_load() syscall
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c32c47aa364096124c9c69c1a44918433832562b parisc: Remove 32-bit DMA enforcement from sba_iommu]
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f7f747e1cba81f28a436911fba0b485878ebd '''parisc: Fix vmap memory leak in ioremap()/iounmap()'''] (backported to v3.16+)
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** parisc: prefer __section from compiler_attributes.h
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** parisc: sysctl.c: Use CONFIG_PARISC instead of __hppa_ define
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** MAINTAINERS: Add hp_sdc drivers to parisc arch
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* Kernel 5.5
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** parisc: Do not hardcode registers in checksum functions
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** kexec: Fix pointer-to-int-cast warnings
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** parisc: Avoid spurious inequivalent alias kernel error messages
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** parisc: use pgtable-nopXd instead of 4level-fixup
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** parisc: soft_offline_page() now takes the pfn
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** parisc: Fix compiler warnings in debug_core.c
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** parisc: fix compilation when KEXEC=n and KEXEC_FILE=y
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** parisc: add missing __init annotation
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* Kernel 5.6
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** parisc: Regenerate parisc defconfigs
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** parisc: map_pages(): cleanup page table initialization
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** parisc: Fix defconfig selection
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* Kernel 5.7
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** parisc: remove nargs from __SYSCALL
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** parisc: Refactor alternative code to accept multiple conditions
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** parisc: Rework arch_rw locking functions
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** parisc: Improve interrupt handling in arch_spin_lock_flags()
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** parisc: Replace setup_irq() by request_irq()
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bf71bc16e02162388808949b179d59d0b571b965 '''parisc: Fix kernel panic in mem_init()'''] (backported to all)
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* Kernel 5.8
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** parisc: use -fno-strict-aliasing for decompressor
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** parisc: suppress error messages for 'make clean'
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** parisc: Kconfig: Update references to parisc website
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** parisc: firmware: Update references to parisc website
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** parisc: hardware: Update references to parisc website
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** parisc: module: Update references to parisc website
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** parisc: MAINTAINERS: Update references to parisc website
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b6522fa409cfafbc3968679b09e4028f0609f2b9 parisc: add sysctl file interface panic_on_stackoverflow]
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be6577af0cef934ccb036445314072e8cb9217b9 '''parisc: Add atomic64_set_release() define to avoid CPU soft lockups'''] (backported to all - fixes TLB stalls)
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** parisc: add support for cmpxchg on u8 pointers
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* Kernel 5.9
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** parisc: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones
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** parisc: Convert to BIT_MASK() and BIT_WORD()
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** parisc: Report bad pages as HardwareCorrupted
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** Revert "parisc: Improve interrupt handling in arch_spin_lock_flags()"
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** Revert "parisc: Drop LDCW barrier in CAS code when running UP"
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** Revert "parisc: Use ldcw instruction for SMP spinlock release barrier"
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** Revert "parisc: Revert "Release spinlocks using ordered store""
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e72b23dec1da5e62a0090c5da1d926778284e230 '''parisc: Do not use an ordered store in pa_tlb_lock()'''] (backported to 5.0+)
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** parisc: elf.h: delete a duplicated word
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** parisc: make the log level string for register dumps const
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** sections.h: dereference_function_descriptor() returns void pointer
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** parisc: Whitespace cleanups in atomic.h
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e96ebd589debd9a6a793608c4ec7019c38785dea '''parisc: Implement __smp_store_release and __smp_load_acquire barriers'''] (backported to 4.14+)
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** parisc/kernel/ftrace: Remove function callback casts
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5b24993c21cbf2de11aff077a48c5cb0505a0450 '''parisc: mask out enable and reserved bits from sba imask'''] (backported to all)
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6f6aea7e966cda5a817d091e938c2d9b52209893 '''parisc: fix PMD pages allocation by restoring pmd_alloc_one()''']
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* Kernel 5.10
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** parisc: disable CONFIG_IDE in defconfigs
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** fw_cfg: Add support for parisc architecture
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** ['''http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=024f5b597564acced9e69305f7a9ef1202186a61 parisc: Add qemu fw_cfg interface''']
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** parisc: Avoid external interrupts when IPI finishes
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=41f5a81c07cd410917c9ae3c165b9b761d48ba75 parisc: Drop HP-UX specific fcntl and signal flags]
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** [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=75ae04206a4d0e4f541c1d692b7febd1c0fdb814 parisc: Define O_NONBLOCK to become 000200000]
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** parisc: Drop useless comments in uapi/asm/signal.h
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** parisc: Add ioread64_hi_lo() and iowrite64_hi_lo()
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** parisc: Install vmlinuz instead of zImage file
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** parisc: Add MAP_UNINITIALIZED define
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** parisc/sticon: Always register sticon console driver
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** [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7ff3f14ddc355bfbc94c766f43b90606b1f79e83 '''parisc/sticon: Add user font support''']
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** parisc: Add alternative patching to synchronize_caches define
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** parisc: Fix comments and enable interrupts later
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** parisc: Mark pointers volatile in __xchg8(), __xchg32() and __xchg64()
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** [https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=53a42b6324b8ddce1e9d2f34da2ca68ef21c2084 '''parisc: Switch to more fine grained lws locks''']
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** parisc: Rewrite tlb flush threshold calculation
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** parisc: Improve spinlock handling
  
  
Line 658: Line 798:
 
** DONE: (NOT POSSIBLE:) Enable huge pages on kernel text for C8000 as well - not possible, will crash due to required equivalent aliasing of caches.
 
** DONE: (NOT POSSIBLE:) Enable huge pages on kernel text for C8000 as well - not possible, will crash due to required equivalent aliasing of caches.
 
** DONE: Enable __ro_after_init
 
** DONE: Enable __ro_after_init
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** DONE: add dynamic ftrace support - provided by Sven in kernel 5.3
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** DONE: Fix fallouts from strace: http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b7dc5a071ddf69c0350396b203cba32fe5bab510,
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** DONE: implement kexec syscall
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** DONE: Analyze futex hang (CPU soft lockup) situation with test-lock testcase in the libprelude debian package - fixed by [http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be6577af0cef934ccb036445314072e8cb9217b9 '''parisc: Add atomic64_set_release() define to avoid CPU soft lockups''']
  
 
* Debian installer:
 
* Debian installer:
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** DONE: Fix msgpuck build breakage: https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=msgpuck&suite=sid
 
** DONE: Fix msgpuck build breakage: https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=msgpuck&suite=sid
 
** DONE: Fix sbuild not returning used disc size: /usr/share/perl5/Sbuild/Build.pm line 2786, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=923484
 
** DONE: Fix sbuild not returning used disc size: /usr/share/perl5/Sbuild/Build.pm line 2786, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=923484
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QEMU:
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* DONE: Add kernel fw_cfg support (drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c)
  
 
== ABI breakages (HP-UX support) ==
 
== ABI breakages (HP-UX support) ==
 
* [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5a408d53edef3af07ac7697b8bc54a755628450 We dropped HP-UX support in kernel 3.14 by changing EWOULDBLOCK==EAGAIN.] HP-UX could be run in a VM instead or since machines are relatively cheap now, if someone needs hpux, they can buy a machine for it.  
 
* [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5a408d53edef3af07ac7697b8bc54a755628450 We dropped HP-UX support in kernel 3.14 by changing EWOULDBLOCK==EAGAIN.] HP-UX could be run in a VM instead or since machines are relatively cheap now, if someone needs hpux, they can buy a machine for it.  
* [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f25df2eff5b25f52c139d3ff31bc883eee9a0ab Changed RTSIGMIN to 32 (from 37)]
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* [http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f25df2eff5b25f52c139d3ff31bc883eee9a0ab Changed SIGRTMIN to 32 (from 37)]
 
** [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766605 debian glibc report]  and  [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766635 debian kernel bug report]
 
** [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766605 debian glibc report]  and  [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766635 debian kernel bug report]
 
** September 7th 2014: First delivery with vmlinux-3.16.0-4 (aka linux-image-3.16.0-4-parisc64-smp_3.16.7-1_hppa.deb)
 
** September 7th 2014: First delivery with vmlinux-3.16.0-4 (aka linux-image-3.16.0-4-parisc64-smp_3.16.7-1_hppa.deb)
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** How to install:
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*** Install the new glibc debian package, then install systemd, then install the new kernel package (this will create a new initrd), reboot
 
** rebuild of following packages needed:
 
** rebuild of following packages needed:
 
*** unxz-utils: rebuild unxz to fix usage of SIGXFSZ
 
*** unxz-utils: rebuild unxz to fix usage of SIGXFSZ

Revision as of 18:46, 23 October 2020

Contents

PA-RISC Linux TODO (actually this is Helge's TODO list)

Status & TODO 2020-10-23

  • Kernel: still missing Linux kernel development (no patches available yet):
    • maybe implement transparent huge pages (due to cache coherency technically only possible on PA8500-PA8700 CPUs, not possible on PA8800-PA8900 CPUs)
    • optimize flush_dcache_page() implementation like sparc. See Documentation/cachetlb.txt, e.g. used in aio subsystem
    • NO_IRQ -> should be converted to (0) instead of (-1) -> Helge (check assembly, check in drivers/parisc/*)
    • check assembly in drivers/parisc/*
    • use pdc_add_valid() in kern_addr_valid(), protect against crashable acesses (like for superio-pc-drivers-detection in lp), add pdc_add_valid() to create a probe_kernel_read() implementation.
    • arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c -> use SYSCALL_ALIAS() -> maybe
  • Kernel: Low priority patches needs further work
    • disable FP-register save/restore at kernel entry? - https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3975291/
    • enable 16k/64k kernel page sizes (still cacheflushing-issues with SCSI driver, additional work in glibc needed to deal with >4k page size, e.g. ld-loader alignments of data/code segments)
    • Superdome support - can someone test? Should work better now with latest kernels (maybe ask Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>, Jan 2019).
    • Visualize FX support (will probably never happen!)
    • implement BUG() and WARN() with inline assembly so that interrupt happens in delay branch of "or,<> %r0,cond,%r0". Probably not possible, because gcc will report "control reaches end of non-void function" warnings/errors.
  • 64-bit userspace support (from Dave Anglin, Nick Hudson):
    • 64-bit userspace, Binutils 64-bit binutils needs to be fixed to get multiple stub section support.
    • glibc port (hppa64 can use the generic thread code)
    • 64-bit support in gcc is probably pretty good as 64-bit HP-UX works fine.
    • gdb could be a problem due to a lack of a maintainer.
  • Debian packages / Userspace work
    • IMPORTANT: fix OpenJDK - fixes required in zeroport (stack grows up!).
    • gcc -> join 32- and 64bit compiler, make "-m64" work, get rid of hppa64-linux-gnu-gcc
  • userspace
  • palo (PA-RISC Boot Loader):
    • Fix palo deb package to build iplboot natively (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851792)
    • Palo needs better user interaction instead of "0", "1".... Howtos.
    • Modify (if possible), that palo can read (sequential) tftpbootable-vmlinuxes as well as the current boot-vmlinux images (simplifies build/handling)

Upstream PA-RISC-related kernel patch history


Debian kernel and userspace programs

Debian kernel / Generic Kernel bugs fixed

    • DONE: Fixed 64bit SMP kernel & sticon on machines with more than 4GB RAM (Kernel 3.12)
    • DONE: Lots of syscall fixes regarding compat kernel
    • DONE: send patches to remove UP from debian kernels, use sil680 instead of siimage, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721191 -> fixed in 3.12 / 3.13
    • DONE: Enable BMC in c8000 default kernel config - ipmi driver (CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER=y) - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=747482
    • DONE: remove HIL RTC from debian kernel - it creates a backtrace at boot because we have already another rtc0 active.
    • DONE: add ppdev driver, needed by CUPS, systemd reports missing module load (3.17 & 3.16 kernel)
    • DONE: Add crc-modules, event, isofs, jfs, mouse, sata, sound, squashfs, udf, uinput, scsi-common, scsi-extra, loop, serial and usb-serial debian-installer packages
    • DONE: Kernel build problem: a) disable -mfast-indirect-calls in Makefile, b) gcc compiler bug in > gcc-4.8.3-3
    • DONE: Drop HPUX-support from kernel (Kernel 4.0)
    • DONE: implemented HUGE pages
    • DONE: kernel timerfd_settime/timerfd_gettime issue, test with debian package: liblinux-fd-perl -> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7951661/, backported to all kernels
    • DONE: kernel ptrace bug: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.parisc/26273, possible fix: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8063301/
    • DONE: Implement CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE, in kernel 4.6
    • DONE: Use 32bit exception table entries, in kernel 4.6
    • DONE: implemented seccomp syscal, including SECCOMP_MODE_STRICT and mode 2
    • DONE: Fixed FTRACE support (http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=366dd4ea9d5f0eb78fdf4982d76506f99480ec0a)
    • DONE: Add syscall ftrace support
    • DONE: Simplify get_user()/put_user() with regard to %sr0/%sr2 usage.
    • DONE: Add tracehook support (needed for seccomp testcases, gdb, ...)
    • DONE: Added high-resolution sched_clock clocksources in 4.7, needed for debian packages: ismrmrd, haskell-http-conduit, ...
    • DONE: Detect physically broken memory via Page Deallocation Table (PDT), initial support in kernel 4.13
    • DONE: Make kernel self-decompressing (instead of palo reading gzipped kernels)
    • DONE: fix %pF and %pS usage in all kernel code
    • DONE: Enabled BMC/IPMI including Remote power on/off on C8000 and rp3410 machines (kernel 4.17 and above)
    • DONE: use CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF and get rid of arch/parisc/kernel/binfmt_elf32.c
    • DONE: Fix kernel writing core file, gdb reporting: BFD: Warning: /tmp/core.http.1655.ls3011.1465554447 is truncated: expected core file size >= 2187264, found: 2121728.
    • DONE: Find way to extract vmlinux out of vmlinuz (Kernel 4.19)
    • DONE: Implement alternative coding for UP & SMP, one debian kernel for UP and SMP, optimizations to avoid cache flushes on cache-less systems and other qemu-related speed-ups to avoid unnecessary syncronization (Kernel 4.20)
    • DONE: IRQ Balancing was broken, http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f73493eb4aecdd6edd8a749890e6e2dcfa0a7978
    • DONE: Added kgdb and kprobes in kernel 5.2, by Sven Schnelle
    • DONE: report on C8000 one socket with 2 cores
    • DONE: Check Kernel boot code if RAM of machine is big enough (e.g. is booting on 710 machine with 60MB possible?) - https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10888283/
    • DONE: convert to SPARSEMEM, instead of DISCONTIGMEM
    • DONE: (NOT POSSIBLE:) Enable huge pages on kernel text for C8000 as well - not possible, will crash due to required equivalent aliasing of caches.
    • DONE: Enable __ro_after_init
    • DONE: add dynamic ftrace support - provided by Sven in kernel 5.3
    • DONE: Fix fallouts from strace: http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b7dc5a071ddf69c0350396b203cba32fe5bab510,
    • DONE: implement kexec syscall
    • DONE: Analyze futex hang (CPU soft lockup) situation with test-lock testcase in the libprelude debian package - fixed by parisc: Add atomic64_set_release() define to avoid CPU soft lockups

QEMU:

  • DONE: Add kernel fw_cfg support (drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c)

ABI breakages (HP-UX support)

Considerations between Debian unstable and Debian Jessie release

Jessie was not stable on SMP machines, particularly those with PA8800/PA8900 processors. It's recommended to use kernel 4.4.15 or later. The current default gcc for unstable is gcc 5.4. Most hppa fixes have been back ported to 4.9 but not all. It shouldn't hurt to use binutils from unstable. Debian glibc 2.23 is best. Most old packages should still work although there maybe inequivalent aliasing issues which are relevant on PA8800. There's also a nasty issue with gmon_start being in every shared library in Jessie. This caused a few headaches and potentially breaks applications when it's removed from a library. If you stick with the glibc in Jessie, multithreaded applications may not work as well as they could, but maybe that's not important. The kernel update is the most important one. Since hppa moved to ports, there has been a huge number of bug fixes. System stability is dramatically improved and I believe more packages are available than ever before. It's better to run unstable and just be selective about running "apt-get upgrade". (by Dave Anglin)

parisc-linux.org Homepage and Debian build server infrastructure work

Linus Torvalds barking at parisc

Testsuites, kernel and userspace testing tools

TODO Drivers

  • write Lasi floppy driver
  • write Suckyio floppy driver
  • write spifi driver (rbrad)
  • modify ncr53c8xx driver for Outfield (735 & 755)
  • write GSC FDDI driver
  • write Timi ASIC (74x) support
  • EISA DMA support

Review all the todo entries below!

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