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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c index 43f5b686ecf3..2934b4473001 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c +++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c @@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ * Caveats: * * . Currently on sn2, we have no way to determine which nasid an IRQ - * came from. Thus, xpc_send_IRQ_sn2() does a remote AMO write - * followed by an IPI. The AMO indicates where data is to be pulled - * from, so after the IPI arrives, the remote partition checks the AMO - * word. The IPI can actually arrive before the AMO however, so other - * code must periodically check for this case. Also, remote AMO + * came from. Thus, xpc_send_IRQ_sn2() does a remote amo write + * followed by an IPI. The amo indicates where data is to be pulled + * from, so after the IPI arrives, the remote partition checks the amo + * word. The IPI can actually arrive before the amo however, so other + * code must periodically check for this case. Also, remote amo * operations do not reliably time out. Thus we do a remote PIO read * solely to know whether the remote partition is down and whether we * should stop sending IPIs to it. This remote PIO read operation is * set up in a special nofault region so SAL knows to ignore (and - * cleanup) any errors due to the remote AMO write, PIO read, and/or + * cleanup) any errors due to the remote amo write, PIO read, and/or * PIO write operations. * * If/when new hardware solves this IPI problem, we should abandon @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ xpc_hb_checker(void *ignore) /* * We need to periodically recheck to ensure no - * IRQ/AMO pairs have been missed. That check + * IRQ/amo pairs have been missed. That check * must always reset xpc_hb_check_timeout. */ force_IRQ = 1; @@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ xpc_init(void) if (is_shub()) { /* * The ia64-sn2 architecture supports at most 64 partitions. - * And the inability to unregister remote AMOs restricts us + * And the inability to unregister remote amos restricts us * further to only support exactly 64 partitions on this * architecture, no less. */ |
