[PATCH] powerpc: Fix 44x Machine Check handling

[Josh Boyer]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:55:25 -0600
Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> 
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 1:45 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 18:41 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 01:40 -0600, Olof Johansson wrote:
> >>> I'm not sure I like this. It introduces another cpu feature flag,
> >>> that we'll soon run out of if it's used to signify version info per
> >>> implementation like this.
> >>>
> >>> 1) The SET_IVOR could be done from the cpu_setups for 440A instead
> >>> (i.e. introduce one).
> >>>
> >>> 2) Please just move the machine check handlers out to individual  
> >>> ones
> >>> instead of using the generic one. That way you don't need runtime  
> >>> checks
> >>> between the two (they don't seem to share much of it as-is anyway).
> >>>
> >>> With the above two changes, you shouldn't need the feature bit any  
> >>> more.
> >>
> >> We can easily make the cpu features bigger ... But ok, I'll have a  
> >> look
> >> at doing it the way you suggest.
> >
> > Note that first, I'd like to figure out if there are other relevant
> > differences with 440A ... arch/ppc didn't list any and diff'ing PDFs  
> > is
> > not fun but if people around here know, please speak up
> 
> 
> I think it added isel support.

I'm not entirely sure about that, but I'll check.  440x4 cores lack
isel, 440x5, 440x6 have it.  I don't think it was tied to the 'A'
moniker.

josh