Re: FAILED: Patch "powerpc: xor_vmx: Add '-mhard-float' to CFLAGS" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Wed Mar 27 2024 - 11:24:56 EST


On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 08:20:07AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
..
> ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
> From 35f20786c481d5ced9283ff42de5c69b65e5ed13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 11:07:43 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: xor_vmx: Add '-mhard-float' to CFLAGS

I have attached a backport that will work for 5.15 and earlier. I think
you worked around this conflict in 5.15 by taking 04e85bbf71c9 but I am
not sure that is a smart idea. I think it might just be better to drop
that dependency and apply this version in 5.15.

Cheers,
Nathan