From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 In-Reply-To: <9902151757.AA75924@marc.watson.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 19:20:22 +0100 To: David Edelsohn , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: bootstrap stuffs Message-Id: <19990215192022.006915@mail.mipsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Mon, Feb 15, 1999, David Edelsohn wrote: > As Gabriel correctly explained, a "sync" instruction may be >necessary before interrupts are enabled if some off-chip operation, like >modifying an interrupt controller on the bus, was performed. That is >because of the bus operations which need to complete before interrupts can >be enabled, not because of the enabling itself. Yep, I knew this case, the sync after switching them OFF was just a paranoid move on my part. Thanks for the tips. -- E-Mail: BenH. Web : [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]