From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Prarit Bhargava Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:06:48 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Prevent sn2 ptc code from executing on all ia64 subarches Message-Id: <439ED578.8000107@sgi.com> List-Id: References: <20051121180016.24224.2378.sendpatchset@prarit.boston.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20051121180016.24224.2378.sendpatchset@prarit.boston.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Andreas Schwab wrote: > "Luck, Tony" writes: > > >>That looks like a plausible direction to investigate. Does anyone know >>whether any other architectures have a similar problem that can be solved >>in this way? Or is ia64 the only one with a "generic" kernel that has to >>work on such a diverse spread of machines? > > > PPC has CONFIG_PPC_MULTIPLATFORM, and use ppc_md much like ia64 uses > ia64_mv. > Andreas -- I just recieved the following from a PPC engineer at IBM: "I don't think it is possible to build a ppc kernel with just CONFIG_PPC_MULTIPLATFORM set. You'll need to "choose" another compile option such as "cell" or "iseries" or "pseries" or somesuch (from arch/powerpc/platforms/). Check arch/powerpc/configs for the relevant defconfigs." ... so it looks like this is currently limited to ia64 ... P. > Andreas. >