[PATCH V2] powerpc/kernel/sysfs: disable writing to purr in non-powernv
Michael Ellerman
michael at ellerman.id.au
Tue Oct 1 18:43:44 EST 2013
On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 05:50:30PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-10-01 at 16:31 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>
> > > 1)Changed the test for to hypervisor mode instead of platform
> >
> > I think Ben's wrong about that.
> >
> > Almost all existing code uses FW_FEATURE_LPAR to differentiate
> > hypervisor vs guest mode, so I think we should do the same here.
>
> I didn't object to using the FW test, it's a reasonable way to do it, I
> objected to using the platform as an indication (powernv vs. pseries)
Yeah sorry I wasn't clear. You are right that it shouldn't use the
platform. So I think we agree FW_FEATURE is the right way to go.
cheers
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