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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> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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