[PATCH 00/14] powerpc: Add support for POWER8 relocation on exceptions
Michael Neuling
michael.neuling at au1.ibm.com
Fri Nov 9 20:51:07 EST 2012
> > This set of patches adds support for taking exceptions with the MMU on which is
> > supported by POWER8.
> >
> > A new set of exception vectors is added at 0xc000_0000_0000_4xxx. When the HW
> > takes us here, MSR IR/DR will be set already and we no longer need a costly
> > RFID to turn the MMU back on again.
> >
> > The original 0x0 based exception vectors remain for when the HW can't leave the
> > MMU on. Examples of this are when we can't trust the current the MMU mappings,
> ^^^
> Extra "the" (here and in a couple of patches).
Thanks, I'll fix.
> Can't do much more since I don't have any hardware past G5, but the
> series looks nice and avoiding transient excursions to real mode is a
> good thing.
Thanks.
Mikey
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