Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] powerpc/powernv: Remove support for p5ioc2

From: Stewart Smith <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 18:19:22 +1100

Russell Currey <[email-masked]> writes:

> "p5ioc2 is used by approximately 2 machines in the world, and has never
> ever been a supported configuration."
>
> The code for p5ioc2 is essentially unused and complicates what is already
> a very complicated codebase.  Its removal is essentially a "free win" in
> the effort to simplify the powernv PCI code.
>
> In addition, support for p5ioc2 has been dropped from skiboot.  There's no
> reason to keep it around in the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <[email-masked]>

Yep, it's gone from firmware and there was only ever a handful of
machines inside development labs inside IBM that had it.

We may still have one in the lab, but I agree - it's not worth
maintaining it.

Acked-by: Stewart Smith <[email-masked]>

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Stewart Smith
OPAL Architect, IBM.