kernel.git/arch/s390/kernel/early.c, branch linux-2.6.28.y

[S390] Remove P390 support.

2008-07-14T08:02:25Z

Most likely it is broken anyway because of the changes in memory detection. Since we can't test it and there are probably better ways that using a P390 card, remove support for it. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

[S390] Move memory detection code to own file.

2008-07-14T08:02:17Z

Move memory detection code to own file and also simplify it. Also add an interface which can be called at any time to get the current memory layout. This interface is needed by our kernel internal system dumper. Cc: Peter Oberparleiter Cc: Michael Holzheu Cc: Frank Munzert Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

[S390] Extra Kernel Parameters via VMPARM

2008-07-14T08:02:14Z

Now it is possible to specify additional kernel parameters on the IPL command line using the IPL PARM option. If the Linux system is already running, the new reipl sysfs attribute 'parm' can be used to change kernel parameters for the next reboot. Examples: IPL C PARM dasd=1234 root=/dev/dasda1 IPL 1234 PARM savesys=mylnxnss echo "init=/bin/bash" > /sys/firmware/reipl/ccw/parm Signed-off-by: Hendrik Brueckner Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens

[S390] initrd vs bss section clearing.

2008-07-14T08:02:09Z

In case the initrd is located within the bss section it will be overwritten when the section is cleared. To prevent this just move the initrd right behind the bss section if it starts within the section. The current code already moves the initrd if the bootmem allocator bitmap would overwrite it. With this patch we should be safe against initrd corruptions. Cc: Peter Oberparleiter Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

[S390] System z large page support.

2008-04-30T11:38:47Z

This adds hugetlbfs support on System z, using both hardware large page support if available and software large page emulation on older hardware. Shared (large) page tables are implemented in software emulation mode, by using page->index of the first tail page from a compound large page to store page table information. Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

[S390] Convert machine feature detection code to C.

2008-04-30T11:38:47Z

From: Heiko Carstens From: Carsten Otte This lets us use defines for the magic bits in machine flags instead of using plain numbers all over the place. In addition on newer machines features/facilities are indicated by the result of the stfl instruction. So we use these bits instead of trying to execute new instructions and check wether we get an exception or not. Also the mvpg instruction is always available when in zArch mode, whereas the idte instruction is only available in zArch mode. This results in some minor optimizations. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

s390: KVM guest: detect when running on kvm

2008-04-27T09:00:50Z

This patch adds functionality to detect if the kernel runs under the KVM hypervisor. A macro MACHINE_IS_KVM is exported for device drivers. This allows drivers to skip device detection if the systems runs non-virtualized. We also define a preferred console to avoid having the ttyS0, which is a line mode only console. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

[S390] Fix a lot of sparse warnings.

2008-04-17T05:47:06Z

Most noteable part of this commit is the new local header file entry.h which contains all the function declarations of functions that get only called from asm code or are arch internal. That way we can avoid extern declarations in C files. This is more or less the same that was done for sparc64. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens

[S390] incorrect reipl nss name.

2008-03-05T11:37:20Z

/sys/firmware/reipl/nss/name contains the nss name when defsys or savesys command has been executed. If the defsys or savesys command fails the kernel_nss_name has to be cleared since a reipl on that nss name won't be possible. Signed-off-by: Hongjie Yang Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky

[S390] Get rid of additional_cpus kernel parameter.

2008-01-26T13:11:15Z

It caused only a lot of confusion. From now on cpu hotplug of up to NR_CPUS will work by default. If somebody wants to limit that then the possible_cpus parameter can be used. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky