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Message-ID: <474DEAF7.6000301@am.sony.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:25:59 -0800
From: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@...sony.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
CC: Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 3/7] ps3: Use the HVs storage device notification mechanism
properly
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> ps3: Use the HV's storage device notification mechanism properly
>
> The hypervisor has a storage device notification mechanism to wait until a
> storage device is ready. Unfortunately the storage device probing code used
> this mechanism in an incorrect way, needing a polling loop and handling of
> devices that are not yet ready.
>
> This change corrects this by:
> - First waiting for the reception of an asynchronous notification that a new
> storage device became ready,
> - Then looking up the storage device in the device repository.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c | 395 +++++++++++++++----------------
> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/platform.h | 2
> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c | 29 --
> 3 files changed, 194 insertions(+), 232 deletions(-)
Let's hope this is the end of the storage device notification saga!
Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@...sony.com>
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