Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759045AbXKPKiD (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:38:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752331AbXKPKhw (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:37:52 -0500 Received: from E23SMTP03.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.172]:48774 "EHLO e23smtp03.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751746AbXKPKhv (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:37:51 -0500 Message-ID: <473D6CAC.9010404@in.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:40:52 +0530 From: "B. N. Poornima" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Lynch CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel , "Martin J. Bligh" , roland@topspin.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] prom_find_machine_type typo breaks pSeries lpar boot References: <374360000.1117810369@[10.10.2.4]> <52is0vwd49.fsf@topspin.com> <20050603182725.GB11355@otto> <52vf4vuum5.fsf@topspin.com> <20050603192525.GC11355@otto> <1117839500.31082.188.camel@gaston> <473AE9BE.8070001@in.ibm.com> <20071114193733.GK26313@localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20071114193733.GK26313@localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1466 Lines: 47 Nathan Lynch wrote: > Hi- > > B. N. Poornima wrote: > >>> On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 14:25 -0500, Nathan Lynch wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Typo in prom_find_machine_type from Ben's recent patch "ppc64: Fix >>>> result code handling in prom_init" prevents pSeries LPAR systems from >>>> booting. >>>> >>>> >> Hello, >> Same typo has creped in again from 2.6.17 kernel onwards and causing >> open firmware exception in pSeries systems. >> > > Looking at the current code, I don't see how this analysis could be > correct. > You are right. Sorry for the confusion. I had overlooked the changes in the code (prom_init.c) Will check if the problem still persists on the latest version. Thanks! > >> The patch that is provided solves the problem. >> > > Which patch? Did you forget to include it? > > It would be best if you sent your problem report and any patches to > linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org. linuxppc64-dev is dead. > > Thanks. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/