[PATCH 02/29] powerpc/rtas: prevent suspend-related sys_rtas use on LE

[Andrew Donnellan]

On 30/10/20 12:17 pm, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> While drmgr has had work in some areas to make its RTAS syscall
> interactions endian-neutral, its code for performing partition
> migration via the syscall has never worked on LE. While it is able to
> complete ibm,suspend-me successfully, it crashes when attempting the
> subsequent ibm,update-nodes call.
> 
> drmgr is the only known (or plausible) user of these ibm,suspend-me,
> ibm,update-nodes, and ibm,update-properties, so allow them only in
> big-endian configurations.

And there's a zero chance that drmgr will ever be fixed on LE?

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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd at linux.ibm.com             IBM Australia Limited