Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] SPARC64: Implement sparcv9 ldfa/stfa instructions

[Blue Swirl]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:48 PM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:09:28 +0100,
> Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>> >> Nice series!
>> >> May I ask what have you used as a test case to discover the problem?
>> >
>> > I found the problem when I was trying to run the linux/sparc64 kernel.
>> > It seemed that copy_to_user() did not work as expected.
>>
>> That's good to hear. How far have you managed to get a 64-bit Linux
>> kernel to boot to date?
>
> With dirty hacks other than the ldfa/stfa fixes, I have managed
> to get the busybox shell prompt using a kernel with initramfs.
> I'm planning to send other fixes after cleaning them up.

Great! In which areas are the hacks needed?