[ACTIVITY] (Dave Martin) 2011-02-21 - 2011-02-25

[Dave Martin]

== Dave Martin <dmart> ==

=== Activity ===
==== hardware-n-kernel-standard-architecture ====
 * Upstream link-time discard versus SMP_ON_UP problem has now
   been fixed by a patch merged by Russell upstream.
 * Still waiting for acks/tested-bys on omap3/4 Thumb-2
   compatiblity patches.  Will re-prompt people this week.
 * Tried building the linaro kernel for iMX51.  The resulting
   kernel seems to work OK on mx51evk; also booted the same
   kernel to a prompt on a Genesi efikamx (though without the
   hardware-specific drivers etc.)
 * Suggested to jcrigby to start building the linaro kernel in
   Thumb-2 for OMAP, but he encountered a problem with module
   loading.  The issue may be a tools bug
   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/binutils-linaro/+bug/725126>

 * An external developer expressed interest in porting kprobes
   to Thumb-2.  Waiting for him to confirm whether to go ahead
   with it.

==== miscellaneous ====
 * Attended the Emdebian sprint in ARM Cambridge.  Mostly I
   wasn't directly involved, but it was a good opportunity to
   meet Debian community guys.

 * Konstantinos Margaritis expressed interest in getting a
   Thumb-2 kernel on the Genesi platforms.


=== Plans ===
 * Discuss prioritisation for outstanding kernel tasks.

 * Write up the output from the Freescale i.MX BSP review
   discussion, and post for comment.

=== Issues ===
 * (none)

=== Absences ===
 * Possible absence of a couple of days in early March
   (unconfirmed, possibly around the weekend of the 12th).