Re: N32 sigset and __COMPAT_ENDIAN_SWAP__

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 10:25:46PM -0400, Kumba wrote:
> You might find the attached patch of interest.
> 
> We've been using it gentoo-side for awhile now, as it allowed some N32 
> programs to work correctly.  Namely, a configure test in glib would trigger 
> a non-fatal oops in the kernel due to an issue this patch fixes.  Daniel 
> Jacobwitz wrote it up when he apparently stumbled across the issue 
> (something wonky in n32's sigsuspend, as the name indicates.  I forget the 
> specifics, though), but I'm unsure if the issue is in any way connected to 
> what you're seeing as well.

It's already in the linux-mips.org tree, though, I believe.  That
was a different problem.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery