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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c index b642b0562f5a..d019b081df9d 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal.c @@ -194,6 +194,27 @@ static int __init opal_register_exception_handlers(void) * fwnmi area at 0x7000 to provide the glue space to OPAL */ glue = 0x7000; + + /* + * Check if we are running on newer firmware that exports + * OPAL_HANDLE_HMI token. If yes, then don't ask OPAL to patch + * the HMI interrupt and we catch it directly in Linux. + * + * For older firmware (i.e currently released POWER8 System Firmware + * as of today <= SV810_087), we fallback to old behavior and let OPAL + * patch the HMI vector and handle it inside OPAL firmware. + * + * For newer firmware (in development/yet to be released) we will + * start catching/handling HMI directly in Linux. + */ + if (!opal_check_token(OPAL_HANDLE_HMI)) { + pr_info("opal: Old firmware detected, OPAL handles HMIs.\n"); + opal_register_exception_handler( + OPAL_HYPERVISOR_MAINTENANCE_HANDLER, + 0, glue); + glue += 128; + } + opal_register_exception_handler(OPAL_SOFTPATCH_HANDLER, 0, glue); #endif |