[patch] powerpc: remove do-nothing cpu setup routines
Geoff Levand
geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com
Tue May 9 10:16:34 EST 2006
Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>> Removes the processor specific do-nothing routines
>>> __setup_cpu_power3 and
>>> __setup_cpu_power4 with the generic routine __setup_cpu_null.
>>
>> Why not just change the caller to test for NULL ?
OK, I see the 32 bit version already does this, but I'm
wondering if there is some restriction on the instruction
sequence between the compare and the branch. Here's what's
there:
lwz r5,CPU_SPEC_SETUP(r4)
cmpi 0,r5,0
add r5,r5,r3
beqlr
mtctr r5
bctr
But, could this also be:
lwz r5,CPU_SPEC_SETUP(r4)
cmpi 0,r5,0
beqlr
add r5,r5,r3
mtctr r5
bctr
-Geoff
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