[PATCH] powerpc/mpic: Fix MPIC_BROKEN_REGREAD on non broken MPICs

[Olof Johansson]

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 10:32:33AM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:

> I was also wondering, was this workaround ever required in a released
> chip - or was it just dev samples? If it's the latter, do we still need
> to carry it at all?

It's needed on all versions of hardware but for slightly different
reasons.

I had to research it when the discussion came up, since the first time
I used this workaround it was needed for a different erratum. But yes,
it is there in shipping products -- I was usually pretty careful not to
merge unneeded patches.


-Olof