1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index f393a3867430..f70bd090dacd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -1623,6 +1623,15 @@ static int __init prom_find_machine_type(void)
                         if (strstr(p, RELOC("Power Macintosh")) ||
                             strstr(p, RELOC("MacRISC")))
                                 return PLATFORM_POWERMAC;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+                        /* We must make sure we don't detect the IBM Cell
+                         * blades as pSeries due to some firmware issues,
+                         * so we do it here.
+                         */
+                        if (strstr(p, RELOC("IBM,CBEA")) ||
+                            strstr(p, RELOC("IBM,CPBW-1.0")))
+                                return PLATFORM_GENERIC;
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
                         i += sl + 1;
                 }
         }