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

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Thu Jun 8 13:44:59 AEST 2017


Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org> writes:

> 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.

OK.

/giphy "dumpster fire"

cheers


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