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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] powerpc: Make early xmon logic immune to location
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From: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
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On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:29 -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:00:41PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>=20
> > Currently early_xmon() calls directly into debugger() if xmon=3Dearly i=
s passed.
> > This ties the invocation of early xmon to the location of parse_early_p=
aram(),
> > which might change.
> >=20
> > Tested on P5 LPAR and F50.
> >=20
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
>=20
> Please no, parse_early_param() is there so things like xmon or kgdb can
> be dropped into as soon as we're able to parse any params that might be
> usable early on.

Sure, did you read the rest of the series? I want to parse parameters
eariler, so early that xmon isn't ready to run when we parse them, so I
have to defer jumping into xmon until after xmon is initialised. The net
effect on when xmon runs is zero. Or did I miss your point?

cheers

--=20
Michael Ellerman
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