[PATCH] add machine state register support

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 23 May 2005, Geoff Levand wrote:
> This patch adds routines to get and set the machine state register.  These 
> are needed by power management code on some platforms.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com> for CELF
> 
> --
> 
> Index:linux-2.6.11/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.11.orig/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S	2005-04-15 14:59:12.408518820 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.11/arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S	2005-04-15 14:59:34.005586781 -0700
> 
> @@ -1160,6 +1159,14 @@
>  	addi	r1,r1,16
>  	blr
>  
> +_GLOBAL(_get_msr)
> +	mfmsr   r3
> +	blr
> +
> +_GLOBAL(_set_msr)
> +	mtmsr   r3
> +	blr
> +

Please check m[ft]msr() in <asm/reg.h>.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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