On Saturday 21 July 2007, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > 0% probability of being spam. > > Full report: > No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham > version=3.1.7-deb > Some HW platforms, such as the new cell blades, requires some MPIC sources > to be left alone by the operating system. This patch implements support for > a "protected-sources" property in the mpic controller node containing a list > of source numbers to be protected against operating system interference. > > For those interested in the gory details, the MPIC on the southbridge of > those blades has some of the processor outputs routed to the cell, and > at least one routed as a GPIO to the service processor. It will be used > in the GA product for routing some of the southbridge error interrupts > to the service processor which implements some of the RAS stuff, such > as checkstopping when fatal errors occurs before they can propagate. > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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