[PATCH RESEND v2 0/7] powerpc/powernv: Unified PCI slot reset and hotplug

Stewart Smith stewart at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Feb 18 08:44:19 AEDT 2015


Gavin Shan <gwshan at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> The patchset was built based on patchset "powerpc/powernv: Simplify EEH
> implementation", which can be found from:
>
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/439956/
>
> The patchset corresponds to skiboot changes, which manages PCI slots
> in a unified way: OPAL APIs used to do slot reset, power management,
> presence status retrival. The patchset shouldn't be merged before
> the OPAL firmware counterpart is merged:
>
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/440463/

But this patchset will work with old OPAL, right? We're not breaking
compatibility with newer kernels (with this patchset) and older
firmware?



More information about the Linuxppc-dev mailing list