7447A strange problem with MSR:POW (WAS: can't boot 2.6.17-rc1)

[Olof Johansson]

On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 09:56:00AM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 04:32:46PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> 
> > > understand now why you were talking about putting the code in the exit
> > > path on irc ... I don't like it that way.... Also, if you want to keep
> > > it, maybe use a separate CONFIG_PPC_970STYLE_NAP or something that gets
> > > selected by platforms that can do it ?
> > 
> > The config option makes sense.
> 
> How about a CPU feature bit instead? That way it's possible to build a
> multiplatform kernel without getting the overhead on other platforms.
> 4 nops should be manageable?

DOH! I'm going blind, that's already there. So, Ben, you're unhappy
with nopping it out?


-Olof