Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> ps3: Use the HV's storage device notification mechanism properly
>
> The hypervisor has a storage device notification mechanism to wait until a
> storage device is ready. Unfortunately the storage device probing code used
> this mechanism in an incorrect way, needing a polling loop and handling of
> devices that are not yet ready.
>
> This change corrects this by:
> - First waiting for the reception of an asynchronous notification that a new
> storage device became ready,
> - Then looking up the storage device in the device repository.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/device-init.c | 395 +++++++++++++++----------------
> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/platform.h | 2
> arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/repository.c | 29 --
> 3 files changed, 194 insertions(+), 232 deletions(-)
Let's hope this is the end of the storage device notification saga!
Acked-by: Geoff Levand <[email protected]>
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