From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp26.mail.ru (smtp26.mail.ru [94.100.176.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E11B2C008E for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:54:15 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <5123D864.4060503@mail.ru> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:54:12 +0100 From: Phileas Fogg MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Phileas Fogg Subject: Re: PS3: Strange issue with kexec and FreeBSD loader References: <1360365046.495584377@f356.mail.ru> <5123C729.5040607@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <5123C729.5040607@mail.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Phileas Fogg wrote: > I could finally find the commit which broke FreeBSD booting in linux-stable.git > repository. > The Linux 3.4-rc1 seems to have this problem already. > > -------------- > commit 5375871d432ae9fc581014ac117b96aaee3cd0c7 > Merge: b57cb72 dfbc2d7 > Author: Linus Torvalds > Date: Wed Mar 21 18:55:10 2012 -0700 > > Merge branch 'next' of > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc > > Pull powerpc merge from Benjamin Herrenschmidt: > "Here's the powerpc batch for this merge window. It is going to be a > bit more nasty than usual as in touching things outside of > arch/powerpc mostly due to the big iSeriesectomy :-) We finally got > rid of the bugger (legacy iSeries support) which was a PITA to > maintain and that nobody really used anymore. > > Here are some of the highlights: > > - Legacy iSeries is gone. Thanks Stephen ! There's still some bits > and pieces remaining if you do a grep -ir series arch/powerpc but > they are harmless and will be removed in the next few weeks > hopefully. > > - The 'fadump' functionality (Firmware Assisted Dump) replaces the > previous (equivalent) "pHyp assisted dump"... it's a rewrite of a > mechanism to get the hypervisor to do crash dumps on pSeries, the > new implementation hopefully being much more reliable. Thanks > Mahesh Salgaonkar. > > - The "EEH" code (pSeries PCI error handling & recovery) got a big > spring cleaning, motivated by the need to be able to implement a > new backend for it on top of some new different type of firwmare. > > The work isn't complete yet, but a good chunk of the cleanups is > there. Note that this adds a field to struct device_node which is > not very nice and which Grant objects to. I will have a patch soon > that moves that to a powerpc private data structure (hopefully > before rc1) and we'll improve things further later on (hopefully > getting rid of the need for that pointer completely). Thanks Gavin > Shan. > > - I dug into our exception & interrupt handling code to improve the > way we do lazy interrupt handling (and make it work properly with > "edge" triggered interrupt sources), and while at it found & fixed > a wagon of issues in those areas, including adding support for page > fault retry & fatal signals on page faults. > > - Your usual random batch of small fixes & updates, including a bunch > of new embedded boards, both Freescale and APM based ones, etc..." > > I fixed up some conflicts with the generalized irq-domain changes from > Grant Likely, hopefully correctly. > > * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: > (141 commits) > powerpc/ps3: Do not adjust the wrapper load address > powerpc: Remove the rest of the legacy iSeries include files > powerpc: Remove the remaining CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES pieces > init: Remove CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES > powerpc: Remove FW_FEATURE ISERIES from arch code > tty/hvc_vio: FW_FEATURE_ISERIES is no longer selectable > powerpc/spufs: Fix double unlocks > powerpc/5200: convert mpc5200 to use of_platform_populate() > powerpc/mpc5200: add options to mpc5200_defconfig > powerpc/mpc52xx: add a4m072 board support > powerpc/mpc5200: update mpc5200_defconfig to fit for charon board > Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.txt: Checkpatch cleanup > powerpc/44x: Add additional device support for APM821xx SoC and Bluestone > board > powerpc/44x: Add support PCI-E for APM821xx SoC and Bluestone board > MAINTAINERS: Update PowerPC 4xx tree > powerpc/44x: The bug fixed support for APM821xx SoC and Bluestone board > powerpc: document the FSL MPIC message register binding > powerpc: add support for MPIC message register API > powerpc/fsl: Added aliased MSIIR register address to MSI node in dts > powerpc/85xx: mpc8548cds - add 36-bit dts > ... > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev Reverting this commit fixes the problem with SHA256 checkusm in the purgatory code too. I'm trying to find out which commit exactly caused the problem. regards