[PATCH v4] Fixups of Loongson2F

[Wu Zhangjin]

Hi Nick, Hi Richard,

On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 13:08 +0000, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Richard, Hi Wu,
> 
>  > Richard Sandiford wrote:
> > Sorry for the late reply, but can I ask you to reconsider?
> 
> Certainly.  My concern is that I believe that this patch (or a better 
> one) is needed in order to allow the Linux kernel to work on Loongson-2f 
> parts.  If this is true then I think that it is important that we try to 
> resolve the problem.
> 

Yes, without this patch(or a better one), the kernel for Loongson2F
machines will not work normally and there are several patches waiting
for upstream are dependent on this patch.

and BTW: I have not gotten the FSF assignment form yet although I'm free
to assign any of my changes to FSF.

> > Anyway, the reason I don't think it's ready is that I think the
> > jump changes should be integrated into the existing macro code,
> > rather than tacked in at the beginning of append_insn.
> 
> Ok - is this something that you could do ?  I would offer, but MIPS 
> assembler is a black art to me.
> 
> 
> Wu - did you understand Richard's objections to your patch ?  If so, 
> please could you look into creating a better patch ?
> 

Yes, but I have been back to school to focus on my graduate paper and I
need some time to rebuild the experiment environment to play with the
patch. I will be very happy if the Lemote developers can give any help.

Thanks very much!

Best Regards!
	Wu Zhangjin