Re: Linux Sparc FPU register corruption

[David Mattli <dmm@mattli.us>]

I've submitted a bug to Debian against src:linux requesting that they
enable SLUB on the sparc kernel because in my testing a SLUB kernel
never shows an error with Knight's test program and a SLAB kernel shows
it within seconds.

Enabling SLUB also fixes the nettle FTBFS.

I'd appreciate if you can help by making this change to the linux
package, adding information to the bug or by confirming whether the
proposed workaround works for you.

Here's the src:linux bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=789180

And the nettle FTBFS bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=789013

Thanks!
David Mattli