Am 10.05.2013 um 20:51 schrieb Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 <B02008@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alexander Graf [mailto:agraf@xxxxxxx] >> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 9:23 PM >> To: Wood Scott-B07421 >> Cc: Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008; 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 20:06, Scott Wood wrote: >> >>> 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. >> :-) >> >> Yeah, that's what I was referring to :). G4s use a different code path >> altogether and already work with Altivec for years. > > Huh ... I forgot that G4 in handled under Book3S, not so obvious. > >> I doubt you'll manage to break anything there :). > > If you have stated breaks instead of works would have been more clear where > you were heading :-J Ok, next time I'll make it more obvious :). Alex > > -Mike > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm-ppc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
