From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2412767B97 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:33:20 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [4/5] powerpc: PA Semi PWRficient platform support From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Segher Boessenkool In-Reply-To: <86FCADAC-25CF-42B1-8FFB-06889AF6C90E@kernel.crashing.org> References: <20060904175742.5472a6fa@localhost.localdomain> <20060905122956.2cebd36d@localhost.localdomain> <0C880511-D99D-4160-9EB1-A66B22B2D82F@kernel.crashing.org> <20060906101034.404014f7@localhost.localdomain> <1157590706.22705.272.camel@localhost.localdomain> <86FCADAC-25CF-42B1-8FFB-06889AF6C90E@kernel.crashing.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:33:08 +1000 Message-Id: <1157668388.22705.318.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: Olof Johansson , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, paulus@samba.org, anton@samba.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , 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