From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com (e1.ny.us.ibm.com [32.97.182.141]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e1.ny.us.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8118DDEFC for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 05:59:20 +1000 (EST) Received: from d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (d01relay04.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.236]) by e1.ny.us.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l78JxH8G031291 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:59:17 -0400 Received: from d01av01.pok.ibm.com (d01av01.pok.ibm.com [9.56.224.215]) by d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.4) with ESMTP id l78JxHQ0551976 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:59:17 -0400 Received: from d01av01.pok.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d01av01.pok.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l78JxH52018786 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:59:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:59:16 -0500 To: Paul Mackerras Subject: [PATCH 0/6] pseries: rtas & nvram cleanup/simpilification Message-ID: <20070808195916.GA20055@austin.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) Cc: ppc-dev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Paul, Please apply te following for 2.6.24 The following sequence of patches cleanup, simplify and shorten the pseries code having to do with error logging. Several global variables shared across directories are removed, and the rtasd initialization sequence is rearranged and simplified, making the flow of control clearer. A minor buglet is fixed, and error mesages can now be logged earlier in the boot sequence. --linas