[Cbe-oss-dev] PS3:compile with -mcpu=cell and disable DEBUG in ps3vram.c

Geoff Levand geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com
Tue Jul 8 01:31:40 EST 2008


Marvin wrote:
> please consider the attached patch for inclusion. 

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> index 4dbee17..65ecc77 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile

This change is not ps3 specific.  It should be sent to
the Linuxppc-dev mailing list, and also include a better
description of why.

  Linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org
  https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev


> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
> index b3e71da..7b26827 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ps3_defconfig
> @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_PPC64=y
>  #
>  # Processor support
>  #
> -# CONFIG_POWER4_ONLY is not set
> -CONFIG_POWER3=y
> +CONFIG_POWER4_ONLY=y

What is the benefit of Power4 code over Power3 on Cell?

-Geoff




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