From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA24551 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:04:39 -0700 Received: from xsvr4.cup.hp.com (xsvr4.cup.hp.com [15.0.68.169]) by atlrel1.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFCA1170E4 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 13:50:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from hp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xsvr4.cup.hp.com with ESMTP (8.7.6/8.7.3) id KAA11982 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:50:45 -0800 (PST) Sender: frowand@cup.hp.com Message-ID: <384C0585.9F444390@hp.com> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 10:50:45 -0800 From: Frank Rowand Reply-To: frowand@cup.hp.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] bad news, good news, unkown (Temp CR used as permanent storage) References: <199912032052.MAA02894@xsvr4.cup.hp.com> <19991204212623.B19280@mathe.stud.uni-erlangen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Philipp Rumpf wrote: < stuff deleted > > > (Of course, the obvious exception is that the Temporary Control > > Registers are undefined when the kernel's HPMC handler is called.) > > How is that obvious ? I would have expected the firmware HPMC handler Ahhh, obvious if one had read the comments at the beginning of the basic hpmc handler that I submitted. Or read p. 1-16 of pdce.pdf, "PA-RISC 2.0 Formware Architecture Reference Specification: Processor Dependent Code (PDC) Procedures (Part 2/2)" at http://thepuffingroup.com/parisc/documentation.html OK, so it's not so obvious.... -Frank