From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from e28smtp09.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.9]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1MoCwI-0003Ja-9q for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:06:11 +0000 Received: from d28relay01.in.ibm.com (d28relay01.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.58]) by e28smtp09.in.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n8H9178f019194 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:31:07 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (d28av01.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.63]) by d28relay01.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id n8H95xrv1257670 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:59 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av01.in.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id n8H95x3S006486 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:59 +0530 From: "M. Mohan Kumar" Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Write to HVC terminal from purgatory code Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:36:02 +0530 References: <20090907051407.GA2990@in.ibm.com> <20090908230911.GE4075@verge.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20090908230911.GE4075@verge.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200909171436.02165.mohan@in.ibm.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: kexec@lists.infradead.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Simon Horman , miltonm@bga.com > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 10:44:07AM +0530, M. Mohan Kumar wrote: > > Write to HVC terminal from purgatory code > > > > Current x86/x86-64 kexec-tools print the message "I'm in purgatory" to > > serial console/VGA while executing the purgatory code. Implement this > > feature for POWERPC pseries platform by using the H_PUT_TERM_CHAR > > hypervisor call by printng to hvc console. > > This change seems reasonable to me, can any of the ppc people offer a > review? > Sorry, I forgot to mention that this patch is tested on POWER5 (under hypervisor) and POWER4 Full System partition mode (under non-hypervisor) Regards, M. Mohan Kumar. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e28smtp01.in.ibm.com (e28smtp01.in.ibm.com [59.145.155.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e28smtp01.in.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ABE12B7B73 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:06:06 +1000 (EST) Received: from d28relay05.in.ibm.com (d28relay05.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.62]) by e28smtp01.in.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n8H95xOd025432 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:59 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (d28av01.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.63]) by d28relay05.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id n8H95xCA2527384 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:59 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av01.in.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id n8H95x3U006486 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:59 +0530 From: "M. Mohan Kumar" To: kexec@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Write to HVC terminal from purgatory code Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:36:02 +0530 References: <20090907051407.GA2990@in.ibm.com> <20090908230911.GE4075@verge.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20090908230911.GE4075@verge.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <200909171436.02165.mohan@in.ibm.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Simon Horman , miltonm@bga.com List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 10:44:07AM +0530, M. Mohan Kumar wrote: > > Write to HVC terminal from purgatory code > > > > Current x86/x86-64 kexec-tools print the message "I'm in purgatory" to > > serial console/VGA while executing the purgatory code. Implement this > > feature for POWERPC pseries platform by using the H_PUT_TERM_CHAR > > hypervisor call by printng to hvc console. > > This change seems reasonable to me, can any of the ppc people offer a > review? > Sorry, I forgot to mention that this patch is tested on POWER5 (under hypervisor) and POWER4 Full System partition mode (under non-hypervisor) Regards, M. Mohan Kumar.