Re: [PATCH 02/15] [PS3] Get lv1 high memory region from devtree

2011-08-03 Thread Hector Martin
On 08/04/2011 12:30 AM, Geoff Levand wrote: > With this mechanism how is the address of the initrd passed to the > new kernel, in the DT? Using the /chosen linux,initrd-{start,end} properties. The bootloader knows about the Linux trick of sticking together bootmem and highmem and precalculates the

Re: kvm PCI assignment & VFIO ramblings

2011-08-03 Thread David Gibson
On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 09:44:49PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 12:04 +1000, David Gibson wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 12:35:19PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 12:14 -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 18:28 +1000, D

Re: [PATCH 03/15] [PS3] Add region 1 memory early

2011-08-03 Thread Hector Martin
On 08/04/2011 12:32 AM, Geoff Levand wrote: > We need an explanation of this change. I actually have a hard time understanding the reason for the existing behavior of hot-adding memory halfway through the boot process. Maybe you can shed some light on this? The reason for the change is that under

Re: [PATCH 00/15] ps3: Support more than the OtherOS lpar

2011-08-03 Thread Geoff Levand
Hi Andre, On 08/01/2011 01:02 PM, Andre Heider wrote: > This series addresses various issues and extends support when running > in lpars like GameOS. Included are some patches from Hector Martin, which > I found useful. Much of this is just general fixups and improvements to the existing PS3 supp

Re: [PATCH 07/15] ps3flash: Refuse to work in lpars other than OtherOS

2011-08-03 Thread Geoff Levand
On 08/01/2011 01:02 PM, Andre Heider wrote: > 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.

Re: [PATCH 03/15] [PS3] Add region 1 memory early

2011-08-03 Thread Geoff Levand
On 08/01/2011 01:02 PM, Andre Heider wrote: > From: Hector Martin We need an explanation of this change. > Signed-off-by: Hector Martin > [a.heider: Various cleanups to make checkpatch.pl happy] > Signed-off-by: Andre Heider > --- > arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/mm.c | 62 > +++---

Re: [PATCH 01/15] [PS3] Add udbg driver using the PS3 gelic Ethernet device

2011-08-03 Thread Geoff Levand
On 08/01/2011 01:02 PM, Andre Heider wrote: > --- /dev/null > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/gelic_udbg.c > @@ -0,0 +1,272 @@ > +/* > + * arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/gelic_udbg.c Don't put file names in files. When the file gets moved, then this will no longer be correct. > + * > + * udbg debug

Re: [PATCH 05/15] ps3: Detect the current lpar environment

2011-08-03 Thread Geoff Levand
On 08/01/2011 01:02 PM, Andre Heider wrote: > --- > arch/powerpc/include/asm/ps3.h |7 +++ > arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/platform.h |4 > arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c | 19 +++ > arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/setup.c | 22

Re: [PATCH 02/15] [PS3] Get lv1 high memory region from devtree

2011-08-03 Thread Geoff Levand
On 08/01/2011 01:02 PM, Andre Heider wrote: > > This lets the bootloader preallocate the high lv1 region and pass its > location to the kernel through the devtree. Thus, it can be used to hold > the initrd. If the property doesn't exist, the kernel retains the old > behavior and attempts to alloca

[PATCH] powerpc/kvm: fix build errors with older toolchains

2011-08-03 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
On a box with gcc 4.3.2, I see errors like: arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S:1254: Error: Unrecognized opcode: stxvd2x arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S:1316: Error: Unrecognized opcode: lxvd2x Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan --- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S |4 +

Re: [RFC PATCH V1 3/7] cpuidle: stop using pm_idle

2011-08-03 Thread Len Brown
On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Trinabh Gupta wrote: > From: Len Brown > > pm_idle does not scale as an idle handler registration mechanism. > Don't use it for cpuidle. Instead, call cpuidle directly, and > allow architectures to use pm_idle as an arch-specific default > if they need it. ie. > > cpu_idle

RE: [PATCH 4/4] edac/85xx: PCI/PCIE error interrupt edac support.

2011-08-03 Thread Xie Shaohui-B21989
Hi all, Any concerns of this patch? Best Regards, Shaohui Xie >-Original Message- >From: Xie Shaohui-B21989 >Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 2:52 PM >To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org; Kumar Gala >Cc: mm-comm...@vger.kernel.org; avoront...@mvista.com; da...@davemloft.net; >grant.lik...@

RE: [PATCH 3/4] powerpc/85xx: Merge PCI/PCI Express error management registers

2011-08-03 Thread Xie Shaohui-B21989
Hi all, Any concerns of this patch? Best Regards, Shaohui Xie >-Original Message- >From: Xie Shaohui-B21989 >Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 2:50 PM >To: Kumar Gala >Cc: Jiang Kai-B18973; linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org >Subject: RE: [PATCH 3/4] powerpc/85xx: Merge PCI/PCI Express error >