[1/1] powerpc/traps : Updated MC for E6500 L1D cache err

Matthew Weber matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com
Thu Jun 29 02:30:49 AEST 2017


Scott,

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 2:01 AM, Scott Wood <oss at buserror.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 12:59:40PM -0500, Matt Weber wrote:
>> This patch updates the machine check handler of Linux kernel to
>> handle the e6500 architecture case. In e6500 core, L1 Data Cache Write
>> Shadow Mode (DCWS) register is not implemented but L1 data cache always
>> runs in write shadow mode. So, on L1 data cache parity errors, hardware
>> will automatically invalidate the data cache but will still log a
>> machine check interrupt.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ronak Desai <ronak.desai at rockwellcollins.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber at rockwellcollins.com>

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Sent a v2 this morning, sorry about the delay.
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/781763/


Matt


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