Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Fix xmon for systems without MSR[RI]

2011-09-23 Thread Scott Wood
On 09/23/2011 12:54 PM, Jimi Xenidis wrote: > On Sep 23, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Scott Wood wrote: >> How is CONFIG_BOOK3E better than CONFIG_BOOKE? Both e500mc (has RI) and >> e500v2 (doesn't have RI) will select both symbols. Sounds like it >> should be a cputable flag. > > Ben was not in favor of

Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Fix xmon for systems without MSR[RI]

2011-09-23 Thread Jimi Xenidis
On Sep 23, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Scott Wood wrote: > On 09/23/2011 10:01 AM, Jimi Xenidis wrote: >> From: David Gibson >> >> Based on patch by David Gibson >> >> xmon has a longstanding bug on systems which are SMP-capable but lack >> the MSR[RI] bit. In these cases, xmon invoked by IPI on seco

Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Fix xmon for systems without MSR[RI]

2011-09-23 Thread Scott Wood
On 09/23/2011 10:01 AM, Jimi Xenidis wrote: > From: David Gibson > > Based on patch by David Gibson > > xmon has a longstanding bug on systems which are SMP-capable but lack > the MSR[RI] bit. In these cases, xmon invoked by IPI on secondary > CPUs will not properly keep quiet, but will print

[PATCH v2] powerpc: Fix xmon for systems without MSR[RI]

2011-09-23 Thread Jimi Xenidis
From: David Gibson Based on patch by David Gibson xmon has a longstanding bug on systems which are SMP-capable but lack the MSR[RI] bit. In these cases, xmon invoked by IPI on secondary CPUs will not properly keep quiet, but will print stuff, thereby garbling the primary xmon's output. This p