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Re: [PATCH 0/4] Nios II port submission
- From: Chung-Lin Tang <cltang at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Chung-Lin Tang <chunglin_tang at mentor dot com>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:37:11 +0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Nios II port submission
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On 2014/4/8 05:22 PM, Chung-Lin Tang wrote:
> On 14/3/29 12:11 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Chung-Lin Tang wrote:
>>
>>> (1) The configure bits still refer to Linux version 3.8 as the minimum
>>> version, which is planned to be updated when Altera successfully gets
>>> their kernel port upstream (presumed to be within the 3.15 cycle, the
>>> comments already reflect this).
>>
>> Following the principle established with MIPS NaN-2008, the version should
>> be set to 10.0.0 until there is an actual kernel upstream with the
>> support.
>>
>
> As a question on policy, can a new port be committed (and included in a
> release) in this 10.0.0 form before the kernel port actually gets
> accepted upstream?
Hi, can any one clarify this?
The problem here is that Altera might not be able to get the kernel port
into Linux 3.15. Considering the timing, if a mainline kernel port is
required, we might fall into the glibc 2.21 cycle.
Thanks,
Chung-Lin