[gentoo-commits] linux-patches r1774 - genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34

[Mike Pagano (mpagano)]

Author: mpagano
Date: 2010-08-31 23:47:13 +0000 (Tue, 31 Aug 2010)
New Revision: 1774

Added:
   genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/1700_powerpc-event-scan-fix.patch
Modified:
   genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/0000_README
Log:
powerpc patch to not start event scan if scan rate is zero

Modified: genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/0000_README
===================================================================
--- genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/0000_README	2010-08-31 14:36:51 UTC (rev 1773)
+++ genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/0000_README	2010-08-31 23:47:13 UTC (rev 1774)
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 From:   http://www.kernel.org
 Desc:   Linux 2.6.34.6
 
+Patch:  1700_powerpc-event-scan-fix.patch
+From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335003
+Desc:   powerpc patch to not start event scan if scan rate is zero
+
 Patch:	2600_synaptic-cap-ID-check-fix.patch
 From:	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328527
 Desc:	Synaptics capability ID check fix

Added: genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/1700_powerpc-event-scan-fix.patch
===================================================================
--- genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/1700_powerpc-event-scan-fix.patch	                        (rev 0)
+++ genpatches-2.6/trunk/2.6.34/1700_powerpc-event-scan-fix.patch	2010-08-31 23:47:13 UTC (rev 1774)
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c	2010-08-31 19:39:20.956986473 -0400
++++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtasd.c	2010-08-31 19:41:56.965285997 -0400
+@@ -490,6 +490,12 @@ static int __init rtas_init(void)
+ 		return -ENODEV;
+ 	}
+ 
++	if (!rtas_event_scan_rate) {
++		/* Broken firmware: take a rate of zero to mean don't scan */
++		printk(KERN_DEBUG "rtasd: scan rate is 0, not scanning\n");
++		return 0;
++	}
++
+ 	/* Make room for the sequence number */
+ 	rtas_error_log_max = rtas_get_error_log_max();
+ 	rtas_error_log_buffer_max = rtas_error_log_max + sizeof(int);