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Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-ia64')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-ia64/pal.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/pal.h b/include/asm-ia64/pal.h index 37e52a2836b0..20a8d618c845 100644 --- a/include/asm-ia64/pal.h +++ b/include/asm-ia64/pal.h @@ -1433,7 +1433,12 @@ typedef union pal_version_u { } pal_version_u_t; -/* Return PAL version information */ +/* + * Return PAL version information. While the documentation states that + * PAL_VERSION can be called in either physical or virtual mode, some + * implementations only allow physical calls. We don't call it very often, + * so the overhead isn't worth eliminating. + */ static inline s64 ia64_pal_version (pal_version_u_t *pal_min_version, pal_version_u_t *pal_cur_version) { |