[PATCH 1/5] powerpc/qe: Make qe_reset() code path safe for repeated invocation

Anton Vorontsov avorontsov at ru.mvista.com
Tue Sep 1 04:47:22 EST 2009


On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 05:36:28PM -0700, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote:
> Is the need to reinitialize the QE after resume something that
> is unique to the 8569, or would it apply to the 8360 and 8323 also?

8569 is unique in this regard, though I'm not sure if that's by design
or because of some errata.

Just as 8569 is unique that it needs QE microcode loaded externally
since the CPU doesn't have any ROM where the microcode can be stored.

Thanks,

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