[RFC] [PATCH] powerpc: Add MSR_DE to MSR_KERNEL

Dan Malek ppc6dev at digitaldans.com
Wed May 30 17:59:06 EST 2012


Hi Joakim.

On May 30, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:

> I have tested this briefly with BDI2000 on P2010(e500) and
> it works for me. I don't know if there are any bad side effects,  
> therfore
> this RFC.

We used to have MSR_DE surrounded by CONFIG_something
to ensure it wasn't set under normal operation.  IIRC, if MSR_DE
is set, you will have problems with software debuggers that
utilize the the debugging registers in the chip itself.  You only want
to force this to be set when using the BDI, not at other times.

Thanks.

	-- Dan



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