[PATCH] powerpc: XICS - fix getting the server number size

Milton Miller miltonm at bga.com
Thu Oct 23 07:34:52 EST 2008


On Oct 22, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Sebastien Dugue wrote:

>
>   The 'ibm,interrupt-server#-size' properties are not cpu nodes 
> properties,
> but rather live under the interrupt source controller nodes (compatible
> ibm,ppc-xics).
>
>   Therefore, this patch moves the detection of this property outside of
> xics_update_irq_servers() and into xics_init_IRQ().
>

yes, PAPR says its on one of the interrupt nodes.   I am too tired to
decipher if it on the presentation or source.


Acked-by: Milton Miller <miltonm at bga.com>

>   Also this adds a check for mismatched sizes across the interrupt 
> source
> controller nodes. Not sure this is necessary as in this case the 
> firmware
> might be seriously busted.

I am hoping you have tested this?  A POWER6 box?

Last time I looked (POWER5 timeframe) firmware was ignoring the 
parameter
to set-indicator(gqirm) which is the only use of this property.

milton




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