[RFC: PATCH 08/13] powerpc/476: define specific cpu table entry for DD1 and DD1.1 cores

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Dave Kleikamp <shaggy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>wrote:

> powerpc/476: define specific cpu table entry for DD1 and DD1.1 cores
>
> From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
>
> There are still some unstable bits on the DD1 and DD1.1 cores.  Don't use
> the FPU or the tlbivax operation.  Define CPU_FTR_476_DD1 and
> CPU_FTR_476_DD1_1 for additional workarounds in later patches.
>
> The DD1 core requires workarounds triggered by both CPU_FTR_476_DD1
> and CPU_FTR_476_DD1_1.  the DD1.1 core only needs CPU_FTR_476_DD1_1
> defined.
>
> Isn't the policy generally not to commit workarounds for early/errataful
hardware which will not be seen in the real world? Otherwise, every new
half-broken core could burn a bunch of feature bits...

-Hollis
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