From: Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: bhelgaas@google.com, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 0/7] powerpc/powernv: Unified PCI slot reset and hotplug
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:26:15 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150217222615.GA6454@shangw> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3vbj0gqmk.fsf@oc8180480414.ibm.com>
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 08:44:19AM +1100, Stewart Smith wrote:
>Gavin Shan <gwshan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> The patchset was built based on patchset "powerpc/powernv: Simplify EEH
>> implementation", which can be found from:
>>
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/439956/
>>
>> The patchset corresponds to skiboot changes, which manages PCI slots
>> in a unified way: OPAL APIs used to do slot reset, power management,
>> presence status retrival. The patchset shouldn't be merged before
>> the OPAL firmware counterpart is merged:
>>
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/440463/
>
>But this patchset will work with old OPAL, right? We're not breaking
>compatibility with newer kernels (with this patchset) and older
>firmware?
Yes. With old OPAL, the reset stuff in Linux works as before and we
shouldn't see hotpluggable slots from /sys/bus/pci/slots.
The compatibility issue was pointed by Ben. It's something fixed by
this revision (v2).
Thanks,
Gavin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-17 22:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-17 7:13 [PATCH RESEND v2 0/7] powerpc/powernv: Unified PCI slot reset and hotplug Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 7:13 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 1/7] powerpc/powernv: Use PCI slot reset infrastructure Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 7:13 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 2/7] powerpc/powernv: Issue fundamental reset if required Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 7:13 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 3/7] powerpc/pci: Move pcibios_find_pci_bus() around Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 7:13 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 4/7] powerpc/pci: Don't scan empty slot Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 7:13 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 5/7] powerpc/powernv: Introduce pnv_pci_poll() Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 7:13 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 6/7] powerpc/powernv: Functions to retrieve PCI slot status Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 7:13 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 7/7] PCI/hotplug: PowerPC PowerNV PCI hotplug driver Gavin Shan
2015-02-17 22:09 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2015-02-18 0:16 ` Gavin Shan
2015-02-18 0:30 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2015-02-18 14:30 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2015-02-18 21:03 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2015-02-17 21:44 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 0/7] powerpc/powernv: Unified PCI slot reset and hotplug Stewart Smith
2015-02-17 22:26 ` Gavin Shan [this message]
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