Subject: Re: The Firepower bugs - especially saving interrupt vectors?
To: None <port-powerpc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@tpgi.com.au>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 12/17/1996 14:49:44
Excerpts from mail: 17-Dec-96 The Firepower bugs - especi.. =>
port-powerpc@NetBSD.O (572*)
> For instance, am I correct in assuming that the function ofwr_init()
> exists to get around a buggy firmware implementation that fails to
> ``save and restore the first location of each interrupt that it wants to
> "take over".' [1]'?
I'll answer my own question :-)
No, it also gets around the lack of support for real mode openfirmware.
Can I suggest that the two be separated. The second (save of the
interrupt vectors) being done *after* VM has been turned off.
enjoy,
Andrew