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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-23 09:20:46 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-23 09:20:46 +0300
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (78 commits) [PATCH] powerpc: Add FSL SEC node to documentation [PATCH] macintosh: tidy-up driver_register() return values [PATCH] powerpc: tidy-up of_register_driver()/driver_register() return values [PATCH] powerpc: via-pmu warning fix [PATCH] macintosh: cleanup the use of i2c headers [PATCH] powerpc: dont allow old RTC to be selected [PATCH] powerpc: make powerbook_sleep_grackle static [PATCH] powerpc: Fix warning in add_memory [PATCH] powerpc: update mailing list addresses [PATCH] powerpc: Remove calculation of io hole [PATCH] powerpc: iseries: Add bootargs to /chosen [PATCH] powerpc: iseries: Add /system-id, /model and /compatible [PATCH] powerpc: Add strne2a() to convert a string from EBCDIC to ASCII [PATCH] powerpc: iseries: Make more stuff static in platforms/iseries/mf.c [PATCH] powerpc: iseries: Remove pointless iSeries_(restart|power_off|halt) [PATCH] powerpc: iseries: mf related cleanups [PATCH] powerpc: Replace platform_is_lpar() with a firmware feature [PATCH] powerpc: trivial: Cleanup whitespace in cputable.h [PATCH] powerpc: Remove unused iommu_off logic from pSeries_init_early() [PATCH] powerpc: Unconfuse htab_bolt_mapping() callers ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
index 67a11a36270c..3764dd4b12cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ accomplished.
EEH must be enabled in the PHB's very early during the boot process,
and if a PCI slot is hot-plugged. The former is performed by
-eeh_init() in arch/ppc64/kernel/eeh.c, and the later by
+eeh_init() in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c, and the later by
drivers/pci/hotplug/pSeries_pci.c calling in to the eeh.c code.
EEH must be enabled before a PCI scan of the device can proceed.
Current Power5 hardware will not work unless EEH is enabled;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ error. Given an arbitrary address, the routine
pci_get_device_by_addr() will find the pci device associated
with that address (if any).
-The default include/asm-ppc64/io.h macros readb(), inb(), insb(),
+The default include/asm-powerpc/io.h macros readb(), inb(), insb(),
etc. include a check to see if the i/o read returned all-0xff's.
If so, these make a call to eeh_dn_check_failure(), which in turn
asks the firmware if the all-ff's value is the sign of a true EEH
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ seen in /proc/ppc64/eeh (subject to change). Normally, almost
all of these occur during boot, when the PCI bus is scanned, where
a large number of 0xff reads are part of the bus scan procedure.
-If a frozen slot is detected, code in arch/ppc64/kernel/eeh.c will
-print a stack trace to syslog (/var/log/messages). This stack trace
-has proven to be very useful to device-driver authors for finding
-out at what point the EEH error was detected, as the error itself
-usually occurs slightly beforehand.
+If a frozen slot is detected, code in
+arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh.c will print a stack trace to
+syslog (/var/log/messages). This stack trace has proven to be very
+useful to device-driver authors for finding out at what point the EEH
+error was detected, as the error itself usually occurs slightly
+beforehand.
Next, it uses the Linux kernel notifier chain/work queue mechanism to
allow any interested parties to find out about the failure. Device