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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-10-28 10:08:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-10-28 10:08:46 -0700 |
| commit | 8ed575904373d7aaab7f15a8db2edc317a44df43 (patch) | |
| tree | 3b2e92a396a1bbec8e1fb499f25e8aed93ab5692 /arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c | |
| parent | 27d1097d39509494706eaa2620ef3b1e780a3224 (diff) | |
| parent | 210cc679faf0e1cabda9fc5d1279644f5e52aecb (diff) | |
Merge branch 'forlinus' of git://parisc-linux.org/home/kyle/git/parisc-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c index f244fb200db..553f8fe0322 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/firmware.c @@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ static unsigned long pdc_result2[32] __attribute__ ((aligned (8))); int parisc_narrow_firmware = 1; #endif -/* on all currently-supported platforms, IODC I/O calls are always - * 32-bit calls, and MEM_PDC calls are always the same width as the OS. - * This means Cxxx boxes can't run wide kernels right now. -PB +/* On most currently-supported platforms, IODC I/O calls are 32-bit calls + * and MEM_PDC calls are always the same width as the OS. + * Some PAT boxes may have 64-bit IODC I/O. * - * CONFIG_PDC_NARROW has been added to allow 64-bit kernels to run on - * systems with 32-bit MEM_PDC calls. This will allow wide kernels to - * run on Cxxx boxes now. -RB - * - * Note that some PAT boxes may have 64-bit IODC I/O... + * Ryan Bradetich added the now obsolete CONFIG_PDC_NARROW to allow + * 64-bit kernels to run on systems with 32-bit MEM_PDC calls. + * This allowed wide kernels to run on Cxxx boxes. + * We now detect 32-bit-only PDC and dynamically switch to 32-bit mode + * when running a 64-bit kernel on such boxes (e.g. C200 or C360). */ #ifdef __LP64__ |