[PATCH 0/4] Nios II port submission

[Chung-Lin Tang]

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