The driver implements a character and misc device, meant for the axed OtherOS to exchange various settings with GameOS. Since Firmware 3.21 there is no GameOS support anymore to write these settings, so limit the driver to the OtherOS environment.
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.hei...@gmail.com> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/char/ps3flash.c | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig index 84df5c8..5eb956a 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ config PS3_FLASH This support is required to access the PS3 FLASH ROM, which contains the boot loader and some boot options. + This driver only supports the deprecated OtherOS LPAR. In general, all users will say Y or M. As this driver needs a fixed buffer of 256 KiB of memory, it can diff --git a/drivers/char/ps3flash.c b/drivers/char/ps3flash.c index 69c734a..b1e8659 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ps3flash.c +++ b/drivers/char/ps3flash.c @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ #include <asm/lv1call.h> #include <asm/ps3stor.h> +#include <asm/firmware.h> #define DEVICE_NAME "ps3flash" @@ -455,6 +456,12 @@ static struct ps3_system_bus_driver ps3flash = { static int __init ps3flash_init(void) { + if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_PS3_LV1)) + return -ENODEV; + + if (ps3_get_ss_laid() != PS3_SS_LAID_OTHEROS) + return -ENODEV; + return ps3_system_bus_driver_register(&ps3flash); } -- 1.7.5.4 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev