Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] ppc/pnv: Implement POWER10 PC xscom registers for direct controls

2024-05-29 Thread Nicholas Piggin
On Wed May 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM AEST, Cédric Le Goater wrote: > On 5/26/24 14:26, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > > The PC unit in the processor core contains xscom registers that provide > > low level status and control of the CPU. > > > > This implements "direct controls" sufficient for OPAL (skiboot) f

Re: [RFC PATCH 09/10] ppc/pnv: Implement POWER10 PC xscom registers for direct controls

2024-05-29 Thread Cédric Le Goater
On 5/26/24 14:26, Nicholas Piggin wrote: The PC unit in the processor core contains xscom registers that provide low level status and control of the CPU. This implements "direct controls" sufficient for OPAL (skiboot) firmware use, which is to stop threads and send them non-maskable IPIs in the

[RFC PATCH 09/10] ppc/pnv: Implement POWER10 PC xscom registers for direct controls

2024-05-26 Thread Nicholas Piggin
The PC unit in the processor core contains xscom registers that provide low level status and control of the CPU. This implements "direct controls" sufficient for OPAL (skiboot) firmware use, which is to stop threads and send them non-maskable IPIs in the form of SRESET interrupts. POWER10 is suff