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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:11:03 +0300
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] target-ppc: fix interrupt vectors for
	MPC603 and e300
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To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On 4/26/10, Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> >
> > > It is explained in [e300CORERM] at chapters 5.2.3, 5.5.1.1 and 8.3.3.
> > > Clearly, the vector offset is 0x100 and the exception prefix can be 0 or
> > > 0xFFF00000, depending of the MSR[IP] bit.
> > >
> > > So, yes, I'm sure the value of hreset_vector must be 0x100.
> > > But hreset_excp_prefix can change. It could be another patch.
> > >
> >
> > Interesting. That's different from 970.
> >
>
>  On 970, you can have the same effect (well, more general) by
>  changing HIOR.
>
>
> >
> > > About the prefix initialization, the datasheet says it is "determined by
> > > MSR[IP]". and is "determined by the state of the msrip signal". But I
> don't
> > > understand what is the msrip signal and how MSR[IP] is changed (is it
> related
> > > to msrip ?). Do you have an explanation for this part ?
> > >
> >
>
>  Your code can change MSR[IP]; there is also a strapping pin that is
>  sampled on HRESET (and copied to MSR[IP]).

Wouldn't this mean that when the reset is issued by hardware, MSR[IP]
is always 1 (to boot from ROM) but with software reset it can take
software defined values?

I think now QEMU ignores MSR[IP].