[PATCH] powerpc/85xx: disable timebase synchronization under the hypervisor

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Jun 15 12:33:16 EST 2011


On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 02:10 +0000, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > We might want to generically have a CPU feature bit indicating we are
> > running in guest vs. HV mode. I know Paulus is planning to introduce one
> > so you may want to sync with him.
> 
> Are you talking about CPU_FTR_HVMODE_206?

Well, not exactly. Paul wants to break that up since we're adding some
primitive support for 201 HV mode too (for 970's). Last we discussed,
the plan was to go for a generic HV mode bit and a separate bit for the
version.

Cheers,
Ben.




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