Re: [4/5] powerpc: PA Semi PWRficient platform support

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>]

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 13:28 +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> >> How about I keep it this way until Maple is fixed then? It's  
> >> better to keep it
> >> fairly common anyway. Functionally there's no difference.
> >
> > Well, the platform-open-pic thingy comes from the CHRP spec.
> 
> I can't find it there.  I'm looking at version 1.0; maybe it's
> in a newer version that I don't have?  It's not in the PAPR
> either (the "open" version, anyway).

It's in the old RPAs

> > I'm no fan
> > of it but it looks like we do need it on pseries and I haven't
> > completely given up with having common mpic discovery routine...
> 
> Sure.  "Just look for the MPIC node and use it with one ISU" won't
> work on an actual Maple anyway afaics, it won't find the right
> base address for it in its device tree.
> 
> I'll make something nice that maybe even you will like ;-)
> 
> >>> Very nice, I'll convert maple to do the same (unless someone beats
> >>> me to it, heh).
> >>
> >> Maple isn't that different there. It just has to deal with  
> >> multiple ISUs,
> >> while we currently only have one.
> >
> > Maple doesn't have multiple ISUs
> 
> Exactly.  All "real" OpenPICs don't; let's just recognise that fact.
> 
> 
> Segher