On 03/20/2012 02:48 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
Are alignment problems not considered bugs? It's not just that this will
break code on ARM < v7 and IIRC SPARC, but alignment issues also cause
cache line straddling which has a performance impact.
I took this question to be a case of
knowing-just-en
On 03/20/2012 12:30 AM, Brendan Conoboy wrote:
> On 03/19/2012 04:46 PM, Brendan Conoboy wrote:
>> What does the kernel team think about the the time required to build
>> kernels on ARM? How will it affect their workflow?
>
> I suspect Jon is going to discuss with kernel@.
He is.
Jon.
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On 03/20/2012 12:30 AM, Brendan Conoboy wrote:
> On 03/19/2012 04:46 PM, Brendan Conoboy wrote:
>> How do packagers test and resolve failures on ARM if they don't own an
>> ARM device?
>
> I like Chris's suggestion of the simulator- that's good coverage. I'd
> also support providing login hosts
Aloha,
On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 21:00 -0400, Chris Tyler wrote:
> > How do packagers test and resolve failures on ARM if they don't own an
> > ARM device?
>
> There are several solutions available:
>
> 1. They can use emulation. Fedora already includes a good-quality ARM
> emulator (qemu-system-ar
Brendan Conoboy wrote:
Questions from the meeting:
How are ARM-specific issues such as legacy alignment problems to be
addressed?
Are alignment problems not considered bugs? It's not just that this will
break code on ARM < v7 and IIRC SPARC, but alignment issues also cause
cache line strad
