> -----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 -Mike -- 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
