Also,
On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 13:19 +0530, Ravi K Nittala wrote:
> The RTAS firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call that is
> serialized by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. While the flash is in
> progress, rtasd performs scan for any RTAS events that are generated by
> the system. rt
On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 15:59 +0530, Ravi K Nittala wrote:
> The RTAS firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call that is
> serialized by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. While the flash is in
> progress, rtasd performs scan for any RTAS events that are generated by
> the system. rtasd kee
On 08/30/11 11:51, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 16:19 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 11:47 +0530, Suzuki Poulose wrote:
The flash operation is performed in the reboot path at the very end.
So, even if we restart the event scan, the thread ma
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 16:19 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 11:47 +0530, Suzuki Poulose wrote:
> > >
> >
> > The flash operation is performed in the reboot path at the very end.
> > So, even if we restart the event scan, the thread may not be able to
> > process
> > th
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 11:47 +0530, Suzuki Poulose wrote:
> >
>
> The flash operation is performed in the reboot path at the very end.
> So, even if we restart the event scan, the thread may not be able to
> process
> the events. Hence we thought we would leave it stopped.
>
> Again, we do not hav
On 08/30/11 11:33, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 17:39 +0530, Ravi K. Nittala wrote:
The firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call, that is serialized
by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. rtasd keeps scanning for the RTAS events
generated on the machine. This is
On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 17:39 +0530, Ravi K. Nittala wrote:
> The firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call, that is serialized
> by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. rtasd keeps scanning for the RTAS events
> generated on the machine. This is performed via a delayed workqueue, invoking
>
On 07/27/11 17:39, Ravi K. Nittala wrote:
The firmware flash update is conducted using an RTAS call, that is serialized
by lock_rtas() which uses spin_lock. rtasd keeps scanning for the RTAS events
generated on the machine. This is performed via a delayed workqueue, invoking
an RTAS call to scan
