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Patch "powerpc/boot: Fix build failure in 32-bit boot wrapper" has been added to the 4.8-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

powerpc/boot: Fix build failure in 32-bit boot wrapper

to the 4.8-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
powerpc-boot-fix-build-failure-in-32-bit-boot-wrapper.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.8 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

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From 10c77dba40ff58fc03587b3b60725bb7fd723183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:27:56 +0000
Subject: powerpc/boot: Fix build failure in 32-bit boot wrapper

From: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>

commit 10c77dba40ff58fc03587b3b60725bb7fd723183 upstream.

OPAL is not callable from 32-bit mode and the assembly code for it may not even build (depending on how binutils was configured).

References: https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux&arch=powerpcspe&ver=4.8.7-1&stamp=1479203712

Fixes 656ad58ef19e ("powerpc/boot: Add OPAL console to epapr wrappers")
---
 arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile |    3 ++-
 arch/powerpc/boot/opal.c   |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile +2 -1
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ src-wlib-y := string.S crt0.S crtsavres.
 		ns16550.c serial.c simple_alloc.c div64.S util.S \
 		gunzip_util.c elf_util.c $(zlib) devtree.c stdlib.c \
 		oflib.c ofconsole.c cuboot.c mpsc.c cpm-serial.c \
-		uartlite.c mpc52xx-psc.c opal.c opal-calls.S
+		uartlite.c mpc52xx-psc.c opal.c
+src-wlib-$(CONFIG_PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER) +=  opal-calls.S
 src-wlib-$(CONFIG_40x) += 4xx.c planetcore.c
 src-wlib-$(CONFIG_44x) += 4xx.c ebony.c bamboo.c
 src-wlib-$(CONFIG_8xx) += mpc8xx.c planetcore.c fsl-soc.c
arch/powerpc/boot/opal.c +1 -1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <libfdt.h>
 #include "../include/asm/opal-api.h"
 
-#ifdef __powerpc64__
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER
 
 /* Global OPAL struct used by opal-call.S */
 struct opal {

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.8/powerpc-boot-fix-build-failure-in-32-bit-boot-wrapper.patch