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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>
To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org
Cc: Christian Rund <crund@de•ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 4/4] Add support for MSI on Axon-based Cell systems
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:16:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200706051116.13863.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200706050900.54022.jdubois@mc.com>

On Tuesday 05 June 2007, Jean-Christophe Dubois wrote:
> On Monday 04 June 2007 15:00:05 Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0pr_debug("axon_msi: initialising ...\n");
> > +
> > +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0for_each_compatible_node(node, NULL, "ibm,axon-ms=
ic") {
> > +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0if (axon_msi_setup_one(of=
_node_get(node)) =3D=3D 0)
> > +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0f=
ound++;
> > +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0}
> > +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0of_node_put(node);
>=20
> 2 comments:
>=20
> 1) There is no "ibm,axon-msic" compatible property in the SLOF tree provi=
ded=20
> by IBM on the CAB (or other such platforms). Therefore this code will not=
=20
> work on these platforms.

Right, the firmware needs to support msi so we can use it. I guess taht's t=
rue
for every device: If the firmware decies to hide it from us, we better don't
try to touch it.

> 2) you should somehow check for the Axon version. Axon 1.1 (and prior) ar=
e=20
> know to be loosing MSI/MBX interrupts (but not the data part associated t=
o=20
> them). Therefore this should be enabled only on Axon 2.1 (or later).

Good point, thanks for mentioning it. Christian, can you confirm that the
ibm,axon-msic node is only created on systems with axon 2.1 or later?

	Arnd <><

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-05  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-04 12:59 [PATCH 1/4] Split virq setup logic out into irq_setup_virq() Michael Ellerman
2007-06-04 13:00 ` [PATCH 2/4] Add irq_create_direct_mapping() Michael Ellerman
2007-06-04 22:44   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-04 13:00 ` [PATCH 3/4] Add for_each_compatible_node() Michael Ellerman
2007-06-04 22:44   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-04 13:00 ` [RFC/PATCH 4/4] Add support for MSI on Axon-based Cell systems Michael Ellerman
2007-06-04 17:09   ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-04 17:12   ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-08  2:53     ` Michael Ellerman
2007-06-08  8:47       ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-08 19:26         ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-08 19:36           ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-08 19:59             ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-08 20:06               ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-08 20:16                 ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-12  2:32                   ` Michael Ellerman
2007-06-08 20:01             ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-08 20:06               ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-06-12  2:30                 ` Michael Ellerman
2007-06-04 22:45   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-05  7:00   ` Jean-Christophe Dubois
2007-06-05  9:16     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2007-06-05  9:29       ` Jean-Christophe Dubois
2007-06-05  9:30       ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-06-07  7:58     ` Michael Ellerman
2007-06-07  8:10       ` Jean-Christophe Dubois
2007-06-07 11:55         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-06-07 12:00           ` Jean-Christophe Dubois
2007-06-05 14:12   ` Milton Miller
2007-06-06  5:19     ` Michael Ellerman
2007-06-04 22:43 ` [PATCH 1/4] Split virq setup logic out into irq_setup_virq() Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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