2 files changed, 20 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
index 3f5bac59209..ce9f199bbf3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
@@ -566,29 +566,23 @@ version_info(char *page)
         pal_version_u_t min_ver, cur_ver;
         char *p = page;
 
-        /* The PAL_VERSION call is advertised as being able to support
-         * both physical and virtual mode calls. This seems to be a documentation
-         * bug rather than firmware bug. In fact, it does only support physical mode.
-         * So now the code reflects this fact and the pal_version() has been updated
-         * accordingly.
-         */
-        if (ia64_pal_version(&min_ver, &cur_ver) != 0) return 0;
+        if (ia64_pal_version(&min_ver, &cur_ver) != 0)
+                return 0;
 
         p += sprintf(p,
                      "PAL_vendor : 0x%02x (min=0x%02x)\n"
-                     "PAL_A      : %x.%x.%x (min=%x.%x.%x)\n"
-                     "PAL_B      : %x.%x.%x (min=%x.%x.%x)\n",
-                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor, min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor,
-
-                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model>>4,
-                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model&0xf, cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev,
-                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model>>4,
-                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model&0xf, min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev,
-
-                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model>>4,
-                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model&0xf, cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev,
-                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model>>4,
-                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model&0xf, min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev);
+                     "PAL_A      : %02x.%02x (min=%02x.%02x)\n"
+                     "PAL_B      : %02x.%02x (min=%02x.%02x)\n",
+                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor,
+                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_vendor,
+                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model,
+                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev,
+                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_model,
+                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_a_rev,
+                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model,
+                     cur_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev,
+                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_model,
+                     min_ver.pal_version_s.pv_pal_b_rev);
         return p - page;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/pal.h b/include/asm-ia64/pal.h
index 37e52a2836b..20a8d618c84 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)
 {