[Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH] libea ppe side support

[Joel Schopp]

Gerhard, thanks for pointing me to 
http://libspe.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libspe/libspe2/PATCH-SUBMITTING-RULES?view=markup

Here is the signed-off by I wasn't aware I needed.

Signed-off-by: Joel Schopp <jschopp at austin.ibm.com>

Joel Schopp wrote:
> One of the items being worked on at IBM is symbol translation from ppe 
> to spe in order to make programming easier for the end user.  As part of 
> that project we are adding support for a number of functions that work 
> on effective addresses instead of local store addresses.  Some of these 
> functions require PPE side support and don't fall well into an existing 
> category.  This patch adds a new class of ppe assisted functions and the 
> first 4 of those functions to libspe2.
> 
> Please review and apply if there are no objections.
>