From owner-freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 03:31:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62EE410656A9; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:31:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F041F8FC12; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:31:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o7P3Psec002355; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:25:54 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:26:05 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20100824.212605.575506241433842730.imp@bsdimp.com> To: swarron@gmail.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <20100824.095934.469056195874343280.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: gonzo@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mips@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Has the mips branch code been merged into the head main-line? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:31:53 -0000 In message: "S.W Arron" writes: : Get it. Thanks for the confirmation. From the experience, head seems : much stable than the old branch. There is some kernel crash in the old : mips branch when tested in gxemul while gone in the head. Yea, lots of work has been done on -current to make the mips tree more stable. Warner : On 8/25/10, Jayachandran C. wrote: : > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:29 PM, M. Warner Losh wrote: : >> In message: : >> "S.W Arron" writes: : >> : Hi, Oleksandr : >> : : >> : It seems that the mips branch is removed from the base/projects/mips in : >> the : >> : svn repository, and i can't "svn update" to update the mips code. But : >> "svn : >> : diff" is still ok, very strange. It is appreciated if some help can be : >> : provided. : >> : : >> : Since 8.0 there is mips directory in sys/, not sure the mips branch code : >> has : >> : already been merged into the mainline. Can you help confirm it or give : >> some : >> : instruction where to get the latest version for freebsd-mips? Thanks a : >> lot! : >> : >> The mips code has been merged to the mainline. projects/mips has been : >> svn deleted since we've collapsed it all into head. Juli Mallet does : >> have a Cavium Octeon branch, but I believe almost all the changes (and : >> all the important ones) have been merged. FreeBSD 8.x has some mips : >> code, but the mips code in -current is much better. There's talk : >> about merging it back to 8, but that's a lot of work that nobody has : >> had time to do so far. : > : > Is there any writeup on how this is done - if it is just a matter of : > svn merge and fixing up may be I can have a go at this. : > : > JC. : > : :