[PATCH 0/9] powerpc: Add kernel support for POWER7 VSX.

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Fri Jun 20 14:13:52 EST 2008


The following set of patches adds Vector Scalar Extentions (VSX)
support for POWER7.  Includes context switch, ptrace and signals support.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
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Paulus: please consider for your 2.6.27 tree.

Updated with comments from Kumar, Milton, Dave Woodhouse and Mark
'NKOTB' Nelson.
- Changed thread_struct array definition to be cleaner
- Updated CPU_FTRS_POSSIBLE 
- Updated Kconfig typo and dupilicate
- Added comment to clarify ibm,vmx = 2 really means VSX. 




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