== Dave Martin <dmart> ==

=== General Activity === * Some kernel patch work:

* Proposed a couple of suggestions for avoiding misalignment of data structures in assembler.

* Some discussion with Will Deacon on a generic backend for turning the MMU off so that this doesn't have to be reinvented by kexec and hibernation code. (There seems to be no reasonably correct implementation of this in the kernel as yet, which is one of the reasons kexec has never worked reliably for ARM.)

* Investigating how the kernel boot protocol can be clarified for better Thumb-2 compatibility.

* More activity on minor bugs in gas:

* http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12848 (ARM: Thumb-2: Range check on b.w is off by a factor of 2)

* http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12854 (ARM: Nonsensical argument shift specifications accepted for LSL/LSR/ASR/ROR mnemonics)

=== linaro-kernel-o-standard-arch ===

* Testing of the linux-linaro-2.6.39 and linux-linaro-oneiric trees with Thumb-2:

* Generic Thumb-2 booting didn't work because of breakage by a random patch. Spent some time trying to debug this-- Now fixed by a patch from Nicolas Pitre. (He beat me to it!)

* vexpress now works in Thumb-2 * OMAP new works in Thumb-2 * mx51evk status still to be determined

* Did some investigation into what mx51evk is using FIQ for. Some compatibility issues for Thumb-2: still need to follow up with the the imx guys.

=== Plans ===

* Ping John Rigby again re enabling Thumb-2 for the vexpress kernel.

* Check whether the new kernel trees work in Thumb-2 on mx51evk and follow up with Freescale landing team.

=== Issues === * Some disruption due to an office relocation. Mostly back to normal now.