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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c | 11 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index cdd5b934f43..654d630f675 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -689,6 +689,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file floppy= [HW] See Documentation/floppy.txt. + force_pal_cache_flush + [IA-64] Avoid check_sal_cache_flush which may hang on + buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Using this + parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call + ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. + gamecon.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port) diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c index a3022dc48ef..7e0259709c0 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c @@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ static void __init sal_desc_ap_wakeup(void *p) { } */ static int sal_cache_flush_drops_interrupts; +static int __init +force_pal_cache_flush(char *str) +{ + sal_cache_flush_drops_interrupts = 1; + return 0; +} +early_param("force_pal_cache_flush", force_pal_cache_flush); + void __init check_sal_cache_flush (void) { @@ -237,6 +245,9 @@ check_sal_cache_flush (void) u64 vector, cache_type = 3; struct ia64_sal_retval isrv; + if (sal_cache_flush_drops_interrupts) + return; + cpu = get_cpu(); local_irq_save(flags); |