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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] EDAC Add e752x parameter for sysbus_parity selection
Peter Tyser,

can you look into this, as it is your requirement, for a possible better solution with those on
the CC list?

Thanks

Thanks Andrew for the notice.

doug t



--- Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:55:59 -0600
> dougthompson@xmission.com wrote:
>
> > +/* Setup system bus parity mask register.
> > + * Sysbus parity supported on:
> > + * e7320/e7520/e7525 + Xeon
> > + * i3100 + Xeon/Celeron
> > + * Sysbus parity not supported on:
> > + * i3100 + Pentium M/Celeron M/Core Duo/Core2 Duo
> > + */
> > +static void e752x_init_sysbus_parity_mask(struct e752x_pvt *pvt)
> > +{
> > + char *cpu_id = cpu_data(0).x86_model_id;
> > + struct pci_dev *dev = pvt->dev_d0f1;
> > + int enable = 1;
> > +
> > + /* Allow module paramter override, else see if CPU supports parity */
> > + if (sysbus_parity != -1) {
> > + enable = sysbus_parity;
> > + } else if (cpu_id[0] &&
> > + ((strstr(cpu_id, "Pentium") && strstr(cpu_id, " M ")) ||
> > + (strstr(cpu_id, "Celeron") && strstr(cpu_id, " M ")) ||
> > + (strstr(cpu_id, "Core") && strstr(cpu_id, "Duo")))) {
> > + e752x_printk(KERN_INFO, "System Bus Parity not "
> > + "supported by CPU, disabling\n");
> > + enable = 0;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (enable)
> > + pci_write_config_word(dev, E752X_SYSBUS_ERRMASK, 0x0000);
> > + else
> > + pci_write_config_word(dev, E752X_SYSBUS_ERRMASK, 0x0309);
> > +}
>
> Is that the best way of working out whether the CPU supports system bus
> parity? We do have cpu capability infrastructure in x86 core and I'd have
> thought it would be better for x86 core to work this out, set the suitable
> flag and have clients (ie: EDAC) test that flag?
>
>


W1DUG


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