RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wood Scott-B07421
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 9:06 PM
> To: Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
> Cc: Alexander Graf; Wood Scott-B07421; kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec,
> and disable e6500
> 
> On 05/10/2013 01:03:27 PM, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kvm-ppc-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kvm-ppc-
> > > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alexander Graf
> > > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 7:51 PM
> > > To: Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
> > > Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from
> > Altivec,
> > > and disable e6500
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10.05.2013, at 18:50, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote:
> > >
> > > >>> Do we really need to remove e6500 all together for this?
> > > >>
> > > >> No, just send real Altivec support quickly. We can add it to 3.10
> > > through
> > > >> stable if it's too later, but I'd prefer to have it in within
> > the rc
> > > >> phase.
> > > >
> > > > I should have it by Monday, the smoke tests passed.
> > >
> > > Please make sure it also works on 32bit :)
> >
> > I can make sure that it doesn't break 32-bit. Altivec is not present
> > in
> > e500v2/e500mc/e5500 cores and e6500 is supported only by 64-bit host.
> > Are
> > you looking for G4 support?
> 
> Just because Altivec isn't present on 32-bit doesn't mean that a
> particular patch can't break things there.  Just as a patch to deal
> with lazy ee issues can break 32-bit, even though 32-bit doesn't have
> lazy ee. :-)

That's exactly what I have said. That patch was intended as a RFC I forgot
to mark it as such under time constraints, however it reached its goal.

-Mike

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