[Cbe-oss-dev] [POWERPC 6/9] ps3: multiplatform build fixes

Geoff Levand geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com
Wed Nov 29 08:05:42 EST 2006


Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> A few code paths need to check whether or not they are running
> on the PS3's LV1 hypervisor before making hcalls. This introduces
> a new firmware feature bit for this, FW_FEATURE_PS3_LV1.
> 
> Now when both PS3 and IBM_CELL_BLADE are enabled, but not PSERIES,
> FW_FEATURE_PS3_LV1 and FW_FEATURE_LPAR get enabled at compile time,
> which is a bug. The same problem can also happen for (PPC_ISERIES &&
> !PPC_PSERIES && PPC_SOMETHING_ELSE). In order to solve this, I
> introduce a new CONFIG_PPC_NATIVE option that is set when at least
> one platform is selected that can run without a hypervisor and then
> turns the firmware feature check into a run-time option.
> 
> The new cell oprofile support that was recently merged does not
> work on hypervisor based platforms like the PS3, therefore make
> it depend on PPC_CELL_NATIVE instead of PPC_CELL. This may change
> if we get oprofile support for PS3.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann at de.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com>






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