== Dave Martin <dmart> ==
=== Activity Summary === * Linaro Connect and ARM Partner Meeting consumed much of the last two weeks * Main output from Linaro Connect was some progress on vexpress device tree support (with much help from Lorenzo Pieralisi and Grant Likely). I have a kernel _building_ now, but I still need to test it, and write the Makefile rules properly. * Alignment fault fixup mode patches now merged by Russell for the 3.2 window. If these are included in linux-linaro we will be able to find and resolve outstanding problems by booting with e.g. alignment=5 on the kernel command-line. * Posted patches to fix multiplatform kernels for Thumb-2 userspace. This issue can affect any single kernel image which contains both v6 and v7 support, when running Thumb-2 userspace containing VFP instructions (i.e., Linaro filesystems fail with a torrent of SIGILLs). Some rework is needed, but no major objections received so far. * Posted a suggestion on the binutils list about a more generic way to save/restore the assembler state during assembly. Some positive feedback received; I will draft a more detailed proposal for review. For now it's just an RFC, and I haven't committed to spending real time on it.
=== Plans === * Test new vexpress devicetree patches, rework and post. * Rework and repost multiplatform Thumb-2 undef handling patches. * Write up brief advice for Thumb-2 kernel migration. * Write up detailed proposal for assembler state save/restore. * Check whether the new kernel trees work in Thumb-2 on mx51evk and follow up with Freescale landing team. * Suggest we disable aligment fixups for linaro images, since gtk-sharp2 is now the only thing known to be affected, once my alignment fixup patchas have been posted for review.
=== Work Items === no status change
=== Absences === probable absence of ~3 days around the start of September