Hey Chris, I managed to build a kernel (took some stuffing about, nouveau wouldn't build) here and give it a spin on an OpenPower box. From my minimal The PRD and MTD functionality appears be good to go.
Where do we go from here? Are we able to get this into a -proposed kernel so our test teams can do some verification? Cheers -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464560 Title: Backport request: include PRD support for OpenPower kernels Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Utopic: In Progress Status in linux source package in Vivid: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] Following up on patches that were skipped in bug 1439562, this request is for the PRD (Processor Runtime Diagnostics) support in the ppc64le kernel. [Fix] d800ba1 powerpc/powernv: Move OPAL API definitions to opal-api.h d7cf83f powerpc/powernv: Move opal-api.h closer to the Skiboot version ed59190 powerpc/powernv: Add interfaces for flash device access 1cbb4a1 mtd: powernv: Add powernv flash MTD abstraction driver 48c0615 powerpc/powernv: Merge common platform device initialisation 594fcb9 powerpc/powernv: Expose OPAL APIs required by PRD interface 646b54f powerpc/powernv: Remove powernv RTAS support 0d7cd85 powerpc/powernv: Add opal-prd channel 7185795 powerpc/powernv: fix construction of opal PRD messages cdf2bc1 powerpc/include: Add opal-prd to installed uapi headers c7b0d5c powerpc/powernv: Fix vma page prot flags in opal-prd driver All commits are in at most v4.2 Plus config changes. [Test Case] 'modprobe opal_prb' and use PRD support. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1464560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
