Re: [XenPPC] mpic reset

[Jimi Xenidis <jimix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 10, 2006, at 7:16 PM, Amos Waterland wrote:

> I don't see a definitive statement in the mpic spec.  Is it ok to  
> reset
> the mpic an arbitrary number of times, or even more than once, after
> power on?  We are allowing dom0 to reset it at the moment ...
Thats an excellent question.
Linux resets the PIC because:
  1. can't trust what state the FW left it in
  2. kexec

is one more time so bad?

BTW: this is another possible reason for our mpic hang, that we are  
reseting it while its actually doing something?!

-JX


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