On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 10:16:18AM -0700, Steven Seeger wrote:
> If there is no wait, then what's that in arch/mips/vr4181/osprey/reset.c ?
Simple - it is a bug. :)
I got a confirmation from NEC that Vr4181 does _not_ have wait instruction.
It should generate an exception though.
In the halt case, kernel is probably in such a zombie state that we
don't even see the exception.
Jun
> void nec_osprey_halt(void)
> {
> printk("KERN_NOTICE "\n** You can safely turn off the power.\n");
> while(1)
> __asm__(".set\tmips3\n\t"
> "wait\n\t"
> ".set\tmips0");
> }
>
> Steve
>
