/proc/pal/*/version_info is a bit confusing. HP firmware, at least, reports 07.31 instead of 0.7.31. Also, the comment is out of place; it's an internal detail about the implementation of ia64_pal_version. Since the 2.2 revision of the SDM still states that PAL_VERSION can be called in virtual mode, correct the comment to be more accurate. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> Index: include/asm-ia64/pal.h =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvs/linux-2.6/include/asm-ia64/pal.h,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -u -p -r1.10 pal.h --- ./include/asm-ia64/pal.h 3 Apr 2006 13:45:51 -0000 1.10 +++ ./include/asm-ia64/pal.h 23 Jun 2006 18:32:49 -0000 @@ -1433,7 +1433,12 @@ typedef union pal_version_u { } pal_version_u_t; -/* Return PAL version information */ +/* + * Return PAL version information. While the documentation states that + * PAL_VERSION can be called in either physical or virtual mode, some + * implementations only allow physical calls. We don't call it very often, + * so the overhead isn't worth eliminating. + */ static inline s64 ia64_pal_version (pal_version_u_t *pal_min_version, pal_version_u_t *pal_cur_version) { Index: arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvs/linux-2.6/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -p -r1.8 palinfo.c --- ./arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c 27 Apr 2006 04:58:38 -0000 1.8 +++ ./arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c 23 Jun 2006 18:32:49 -0000 @@ -567,29 +567,23 @@ version_info(char *page) pal_version_u_t min_ver, cur_ver; char *p = page; - /* The PAL_VERSION call is advertised as being able to support - * both physical and virtual mode calls. This seems to be a documentation - * bug rather than firmware bug. In fact, it does only support physical mode. - * So now the code reflects this fact and the pal_version() has been updated - * accordingly. - */ - if (ia64_pal_version(&min_ver, &cur_ver) != 0) return 0; + if (ia64_pal_version(&min_ver, &cur_ver) != 0) + return 0; p += sprintf(p, "PAL_vendor : 0x%02x (min=0x%02x)\n" - "PAL_A : %x.%x.%x (min=%x.%x.%x)\n" - "PAL_B : %x.%x.%x (min=%x.%x.%x)\n", - cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor, min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor, - - cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model>>4, - cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model&0xf, cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev, - min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model>>4, - min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model&0xf, min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev, - - cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model>>4, - cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model&0xf, cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev, - min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model>>4, - min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model&0xf, min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev); + "PAL_A : %02x.%02x (min=%02x.%02x)\n" + "PAL_B : %02x.%02x (min=%02x.%02x)\n", + cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor, + min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor, + cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model, + cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev, + min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model, + min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev, + cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model, + cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev, + min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model, + min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev); return p - page; } - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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