From: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] powerpc/powernv: Remove support for p5ioc2
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:40:23 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878u3raad4.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1452668681-19458-1-git-send-email-ruscur@russell.cc>
Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> writes:
> "p5ioc2 is used by approximately 2 machines in the world, and has never
> ever been a supported configuration."
>
> The code for p5ioc2 is essentially unused and complicates what is already
> a very complicated codebase. Its removal is essentially a "free win" in
> the effort to simplify the powernv PCI code.
>
> In addition, support for p5ioc2 has been dropped from skiboot. There's no
> reason to keep it around in the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc>
> ---
> V2: Remove pointless union and rebase on -next
>
> Tested on a P7IOC machine and a PHB3 machine.
>
> Skiboot p5ioc2 removal patch:
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/544898/
Acked-by: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
--
Stewart Smith
OPAL Architect, IBM.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-13 7:04 [PATCH V2] powerpc/powernv: Remove support for p5ioc2 Russell Currey
2016-01-13 23:05 ` Andrew Donnellan
2016-01-15 1:40 ` Stewart Smith [this message]
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