Re: [PATCH 1/3] MIPS: Clear Status IPL field when using EIC

[Matt Redfearn]

On 17/05/16 15:31, Paul Burton wrote:
> When using an external interrupt controller (EIC) the interrupt mask
> bits in the cop0 Status register are reused for the Interrupt Priority
> Level, and any interrupts with a priority lower than the field will be
> ignored. Clear the field to 0 by default such that all interrupts are
> serviced. Without doing so we default to arbitrarily ignoring all or
> some subset of interrupts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>   arch/mips/kernel/irq.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c b/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
> index 8eb5af8..f25f7ea 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/irq.c
> @@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ void __init init_IRQ(void)
>   	for (i = 0; i < NR_IRQS; i++)
>   		irq_set_noprobe(i);
>   
> +	if (cpu_has_veic)
> +		clear_c0_status(ST0_IM);
> +
>   	arch_init_irq();
>   }
>   
Hi Paul

Reviewed-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx>