linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc7-mm1 -- powerpc rtas panic

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Message-ID: <20071005160322.GN4338@austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:03:22 -0500
From:	linas@...tin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)
To:	Nish Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@...il.com>
Cc:	Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc7-mm1 -- powerpc rtas panic

On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 05:01:47PM -0700, Nish Aravamudan wrote:
> On 10/2/07, Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 10:30:16AM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> >
> > > I realise it'll make the patch bigger, but this doesn't seem like a
> > > particularly good name for the variable anymore.
> >
> > Sure, what about?
> >
> > Clarify when RTAS logging is enabled.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>
> 
> For what it's worth, on a different ppc64 box, this resolves a similar
> panic for me.
> 
> Tested-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@...ibm.com>

For the reasons explained, I'd really like to nack Tony's patch.

--linas
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