On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:26:36 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> Take the arm64 HWCAP documentation file and adjust it for powerpc.
>
>
Applied to powerpc/next.
[1/1] powerpc: add documentation for HWCAPs
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/ef1911c6d26678b0e91fea33f076e98925997f0c
cheers
Excerpts from Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho's message of July 16, 2022 6:17
am:
> Segher Boessenkool writes:
>
>> That is a usability problem. Can it be fixed, or will that create its
>> own compatibility problems? In practice I mean. If it is, the C
>> libraries could fix it up, for new p
Segher Boessenkool writes:
> That is a usability problem. Can it be fixed, or will that create its
> own compatibility problems? In practice I mean. If it is, the C
> libraries could fix it up, for new programs, and then after a while the
> kernel can do the sane thing?
>
> How big is the prob
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 03:41:20PM -0300, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
wrote:
> Nicholas Piggin writes:
>
> > +PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05
> > +The processor supports the v2.05 userlevel architecture. Processors
> > +supporting later architectures also set this feature.
>
> I don't think
Nicholas Piggin writes:
> +PPC_FEATURE_ARCH_2_05
> +The processor supports the v2.05 userlevel architecture. Processors
> +supporting later architectures also set this feature.
I don't think this bit is enabled when processors support later architectures.
In my tests, this behavior start
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 11:26:36AM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> Take the arm64 HWCAP documentation file and adjust it for powerpc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin
Reviewed-by: Segher Boessenkool
> +2. Facilities
> +-
> +
> +The Power ISA uses the term "facility" to describe a
