[RFC] arch/powerpc: Remove duplicate/redundant Altivec entries

[Kumar Gala]

On Sep 7, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Paul Mackerras wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 01:56:55PM -0500, Matthew McClintock wrote:
> 
>> In lieu of having multiple similiar lines, we can just have one
>> generic cpu-as line for CONFIG_ALTIVEC
>> 
>> ---
>> Was hoping to get comments about this change and if anyone sees any potential
>> problems?
> 
> I have a memory that we can get some altivec instructions even with
> CONFIG_ALTIVEC = n, though presumably they never get executed.  We
> would have to check that before applying your patch.

How would we check that?

- k