[PATCH] powernv: Properly mask POWER9 DD1 PVR for different chip types

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Thu Jun 8 10:44:10 AEST 2017


On Wed, 2017-06-07 at 17:24 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org> writes:
> 
> > Bits 48:51 in the PVR for POWER9 represent different chip types (scale
> > up vs out and 12 vs 24 core). Current chips have 0 here, but could be
> > non-zero in the future.
> > 
> > This changes the POWER9 DD1 mask to correctly ignore these bits 48:51.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Presumably we should backport this?

Actually, we need to scrap this patch.

Looks like the scale up version will be marked as DD1, but it won't need these
workarounds. So we need it to match on the other POWER9 entry.

Mikey

> 
> cheers
> 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
> > index 9b3e88b1a9..89dcd94237 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
> > @@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ static struct cpu_spec __initdata cpu_specs[] = {
> >  		.machine_check_early	=
> > __machine_check_early_realmode_p8,
> >  		.platform		= "power8",
> >  	},
> > -	{	/* Power9 DD1*/
> > -		.pvr_mask		= 0xffffff00,
> > +	{	/* Power9 DD1. Bits 48:51 represent chip type so mask
> > these */
> > +		.pvr_mask		= 0xffff0f00,
> >  		.pvr_value		= 0x004e0100,
> >  		.cpu_name		= "POWER9 (raw)",
> >  		.cpu_features		= CPU_FTRS_POWER9_DD1,
> > -- 
> > 2.11.0
> 
> 


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