[PATCH] RFC: ARM: fix the uaccess crash on PB11MPCore

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 1:27:11 PM CEST Neil Armstrong wrote:
> 2016-07-11 19:08 GMT+02:00 Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>:
> > The following patch was sketched by Russell in response to my
> > crashes on the PB11MPCore after the patch for software-based
> > priviledged no access support for ARMv8.1. See this thread:
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=144051749807214&w=2
> >
> > I am unsure what is going on, I suspect everyone involved in
> > the discussion is. I just want to repost this to get the
> > discussion restarted, as I still have to apply this patch
> > with every kernel iteration to get my PB11MPCore Realview
> > running.
> >
> > I also know that Oxnas has actual, mass-deployed NAS (PogoPlug
> > Pro variants) using PB11MPCore, and that they may or may not
> > be seeing the same issue so I want their feedback on this: do
> > you or do you not see this with mainline, or have you not even
> > tested?
> 
> Hi Linus,
> 
> Actually the last off-tree support of the OX820 is on 4.4, and I do
> not personally own a OX820 based device,
> but I'm in he process of finding one to achieve upstream support along
> the Ox810.
> 

The Aldi NAS boxes (NAS-212) are widely available on ebay in Germany,
there is even a shop that sells both the Pogoplug and the Medion
machine with Debian preinstalled: http://www.ebay.de/sch/it-shop-rm/m.html

If you need help getting one, you can send it to me and I forward
it to your French address.

	Arnd