Now that AltiVec and hardware thread support is in place enable e6500 core. Signed-off-by: Mihai Caraman <mihai.caraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: - new patch arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c index bf8f99f..2fdc872 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c @@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ int kvmppc_core_check_processor_compat(void) r = 0; else if (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_name, "e5500") == 0) r = 0; +#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC + /* + * Since guests have the priviledge to enable AltiVec, we need AltiVec + * support in the host to save/restore their context. + * Don't use CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC to identify cores with AltiVec unit + * because it's cleared in the absence of CONFIG_ALTIVEC! + */ + else if (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_name, "e6500") == 0) + r = 0; +#endif else r = -ENOTSUPP; -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
