[Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH 04/13] cell: remove broken __setup_cpu_be function

Paul Mackerras paulus at samba.org
Fri May 5 16:03:14 EST 2006


Arnd Bergmann writes:

>  From: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com>
> 
> This patch removes the incorrect Cell processor setup routine
> __setup_cpu_be.  This routine improperly accesses the hypervisor
> page size configuration at SPR HID6.  The correct behavior is for
> firmware, or if needed, platform setup code, to set the correct
> page size.

> -		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_be,
> +		.cpu_setup		= __setup_cpu_power4,

That looks a bit dodgy.  Either just remove the contents of
__setup_cpu_be (leaving only the blr), or define a __setup_cpu_null
that does nothing, or make the identify_cpu not call the cpu setup
function if the pointer is NULL.

Paul.



More information about the cbe-oss-dev mailing list