From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-in-09.arcor-online.net (mail-in-09.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx.arcor.de", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 872DC67A70 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 09:07:33 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1148593014.15517.32.camel@basalt.austin.ibm.com> References: <1147988040.2692.40.camel@basalt.austin.ibm.com> <17516.64514.854281.64425@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <1148593014.15517.32.camel@basalt.austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <0EC3795C-A385-4ACE-9C2C-9F413DAF04AD@kernel.crashing.org> From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: [patch] fix RTC/NVRAM accesses on Maple Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 01:07:35 +0200 To: Hollis Blanchard Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , >> Care to redo the patch? > > After some offline discussion, I think we're in agreement that these > properties are fine, since Linux's device tree code can't handle > multiple ranges. Right Segher? Not fine, but good enough for now, will need more work elsewhere before we can do "the right thing" here. > Hollis Blanchard > IBM Linux Technology Center > > Due to a firmware device tree bug, RTC and NVRAM accesses (including > halt/reboot) on Maple have been broken since January, when an untested > build fix went in. This code patches the device tree in Linux. > > Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard Signed-off-by: Segher Boessenkool