> On 14 Oct 2001 17:14:24 -0600,
> ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) wrote:
>>Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> writes:
>>> IA64 also has PAL code which is
>>> called directly by the kernel, that PAL code has no unwind data so
>>> failures in PAL code result in bad or incomplete back traces.
>>
>>PAL Ahh!!!!!
>>
>>Please tell me that we are not rely on the firmware to be correct
>>after we have finished initializing the operating system.
>>
>>Please tell me it ain't so. I have nightmares about that kind of setup.
>
> Not only do we rely on it, it is mandated by the IA64 design. Intel
> IA64 System Abstraction Layer, 24535901.pdf. The IA64 kernel calls SAL
> all over the place. grep -ir '\<[ps]al' include/asm-ia64/ arch/ia64/
Oh, goody! What an excellent way to shove CPRM or SSSCA down your throat!
The possibilities are endless...
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