+ unsigned long kernel_toc = (unsigned long)(&__toc_start) +
0x8000UL;
This line could do with a comment saying what it is doing ...
It does need a comment I agree, but I don't think I can do it justice
:)
... I just used what was already there.
Here, have one:
"The TOC register (GPR2) po
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 01:50:05PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:30:06 +1000 (EST) Tony Breeds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > +void __init initialise_pacas(void)
> > +{
> > + int cpu;
> > + unsigned long kernel_toc = (unsigned long)(&__toc_start) +
Hi Tony,
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:30:06 +1000 (EST) Tony Breeds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> +void __init initialise_pacas(void)
> +{
> + int cpu;
> + unsigned long kernel_toc = (unsigned long)(&__toc_start) + 0x8000UL;
This line could do with a comment saying what it is doing ...
> +++
As the pacas are statically initialised increasing NR_CPUS beyond 128,
means that any additional pacas will be empty ... which is bad.
This patch adds the required functionality to fill in any excess pacas
at runtime.
Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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arch/powerpc/kernel/paca.c
