[PATCH] powerpc: oprofile support for POWER6
Michael Neuling
mikey at neuling.org
Thu Jun 8 14:29:01 EST 2006
> > /*
> > - * SIHV / SIPR bits are only implemented on POWER4+ (GQ) and above.
> > - * However we disable it on all POWER4 until we verify it works
> > - * (I was seeing some strange behaviour last time I tried).
> > - *
> > - * It has been verified to work on POWER5 so we enable it there.
> > - */
>
> The patched code doesn't handle GQ at all. Is this on purpose? Add a
> similar comment to the CPU feature tables perhaps?
Yeah, those bits are bust on POWER4+. We didn't touch them previously
and we still don't with this patch.
You're right, we should keep that comment. I'll update and retransmit.
Mikey
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