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From: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/3] zImage: Exception vector support
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:03:05 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45D9BC29.5020507@am.sony.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070218014043.GD1038@crusty.rchland.ibm.com>

Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 05:17:08PM -0800, Geoff Levand wrote:
>> Add SMP exception vector support to the powerpc zImage bootwrapper.  For
>> platforms which have entry points in the vector table.  This implements
>> SMP entry via the system reset vector.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
>> 
>> ---
>>  arch/powerpc/boot/head.S       |   96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.lds.S |    2 
> 
> This one seems pretty PS3 specific, and there's no makefile entry to actually
> compile it...  Could we name it head_ps3.S or something similar?
> 
> Or am I misunderstanding the code and it's really generic to most SMP
> machines (which would make a case to arguably call it head_smp.S).

No, its not platform specific nor SMP specific, it should work
with all SMP and UP platforms that need this kind of support.

-Geoff

  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-19 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-18  1:17 [RFC 3/3] zImage: Exception vector support Geoff Levand
2007-02-18  1:40 ` Josh Boyer
2007-02-19 15:03   ` Geoff Levand [this message]
2007-02-19 19:55     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-19 20:40       ` Geoff Levand
2007-02-19 20:51         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-19 21:35     ` Josh Boyer
2007-02-19 21:39       ` Geoff Levand
2007-02-19 21:51         ` Josh Boyer
2007-02-19  0:34 ` Paul Mackerras
2007-02-20  2:25 ` David Gibson
2007-02-20 14:23   ` Geoff Levand
2007-02-20 15:44     ` Geoff Levand
2007-02-20 16:02       ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-21  0:16         ` David Gibson
2007-02-23 17:06         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-02-23 17:52           ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-02-21  0:16       ` David Gibson
2007-02-23 17:06       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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