From c19c03fc749147f565e807fa65f1729066800571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:15:35 +1000 Subject: [POWERPC] unmap_vm_area becomes unmap_kernel_range for the public This makes unmap_vm_area static and a wrapper around a new exported unmap_kernel_range that takes an explicit range instead of a vm_area struct. This makes it more versatile for code that wants to play with kernel page tables outside of the standard vmalloc area. (One example is some rework of the PowerPC PCI IO space mapping code that depends on that patch and removes some code duplication and horrible abuse of forged struct vm_struct). Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- Documentation/cachetlb.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt index debf6813934a..866b76139420 100644 --- a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt +++ b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Here are the routines, one by one: The first of these two routines is invoked after map_vm_area() has installed the page table entries. The second is invoked - before unmap_vm_area() deletes the page table entries. + before unmap_kernel_range() deletes the page table entries. There exists another whole class of cpu cache issues which currently require a whole different set of interfaces to handle properly. -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b From eff2ebd207af9f501af0ef667a7d14befcb36c1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Gibson Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:56:26 +1000 Subject: [POWERPC] In booting-without-of.txt, clarify that properties must precede subnodes A strict reading of the flattened device tree format defined in booting-without-of.txt does in fact require that all the tags defining properties for a node go before any definitions of subnodes, however it's not particularly emphasised. Although allowing intermingled properties and subnodes would not be ambiguous in meaning, the kernel parser does currently require that properties precede subnodes. Furthermore, keeping this constraint makes life easier for various device tree scanning tools. Therefore, re-emphasise in booting-without-of.txt that this is a strict requirement of the flattened device tree format. Signed-off-by: David Gibson Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index d42d98107d49..c169299716b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -626,6 +626,14 @@ So the node content can be summarized as a start token, a full path, a list of properties, a list of child nodes, and an end token. Every child node is a full node structure itself as defined above. +NOTE: The above definition requires that all property definitions for +a particular node MUST precede any subnode definitions for that node. +Although the structure would not be ambiguous if properties and +subnodes were intermingled, the kernel parser requires that the +properties come first (up until at least 2.6.22). Any tools +manipulating a flattened tree must take care to preserve this +constraint. + 4) Device tree "strings" block In order to save space, property names, which are generally redundant, -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b From 3b824f85191c9ccc2614474543118e88543d5ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roy Zang Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:19:18 +0800 Subject: [POWERPC] Document the global utilities node define and example Document the global utilities node define and example. Signed-off-by: Roy Zang Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala --- Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index c169299716b1..06141cb200fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Table of Contents h) Board Control and Status (BCSR) i) Freescale QUICC Engine module (QE) g) Flash chip nodes + k) Global Utilities Block VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices 1) interrupts property @@ -1790,6 +1791,33 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. partition-names = "fs\0firmware"; }; + k) Global Utilities Block + + The global utilities block controls power management, I/O device + enabling, power-on-reset configuration monitoring, general-purpose + I/O signal configuration, alternate function selection for multiplexed + signals, and clock control. + + Required properties: + + - compatible : Should define the compatible device type for + global-utilities. + - reg : Offset and length of the register set for the device. + + Recommended properties: + + - fsl,has-rstcr : Indicates that the global utilities register set + contains a functioning "reset control register" (i.e. the board + is wired to reset upon setting the HRESET_REQ bit in this register). + + Example: + + global-utilities@e0000 { /* global utilities block */ + compatible = "fsl,mpc8548-guts"; + reg = ; + fsl,has-rstcr; + }; + More devices will be defined as this spec matures. VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b From a4ecababf4f007940300374ff68ac10b96733586 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roy Zang Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:19:31 +0800 Subject: [POWERPC] Fix the node index confusion for SOC Signed-off-by: Roy Zang Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala --- Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index 06141cb200fa..0c2434822094 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ Table of Contents 1) Defining child nodes of an SOC 2) Representing devices without a current OF specification a) MDIO IO device - c) PHY nodes b) Gianfar-compatible ethernet nodes + c) PHY nodes d) Interrupt controllers e) I2C f) Freescale SOC USB controllers g) Freescale SOC SEC Security Engines h) Board Control and Status (BCSR) i) Freescale QUICC Engine module (QE) - g) Flash chip nodes + j) Flash chip nodes k) Global Utilities Block VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b From 0b7dbfbf13192a57591275d50b0993cb0acdb25c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Boyer Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 23:25:46 +1000 Subject: [POWERPC] Schedule removal of arch/ppc The arch/ppc tree has been in a semi-nebulous "bug fix only" state for a few kernel releases now. The patch below officially declares this as of the 2.6.22 kernel release and schedules arch/ppc for removal in June of 2008. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 7d3f205b0ba5..70f7d99032a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -348,3 +348,15 @@ Who: Tejun Heo --------------------------- +What: The arch/ppc and include/asm-ppc directories +When: Jun 2008 +Why: The arch/powerpc tree is the merged architecture for ppc32 and ppc64 + platforms. Currently there are efforts underway to port the remaining + arch/ppc platforms to the merged tree. New submissions to the arch/ppc + tree have been frozen with the 2.6.22 kernel release and that tree will + remain in bug-fix only mode until its scheduled removal. Platforms + that are not ported by June 2008 will be removed due to the lack of an + interested maintainer. +Who: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org + +--------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b