| Date | Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:02:16 +0100 | From | Thomas Bogendoerfer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 08/15] MIPS: IP27: remove KV_MAGIC |
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 06:39:10AM +0100, Cye Borg wrote: > Just asking: > This code in SGI seems to help bring online other CPUs. > - Does it use the firmware to do it? > - Is there a possibility that the magic number in this case is used by the > firmware? > - If yes: do we break multiprocessing on SGI if we delete this "useless > relic", which is not referenced in the linux code elsewhere?
this magic is just for a internal struct not used by firmware. It came from IRIX code, but there is no point in keeping it
Thomas.
-- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]
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