[PATCH] Add hwcap2 bits for POWER9

Carlos Eduardo Seo cseo at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sat Jan 16 09:30:44 AEDT 2016



On 1/11/16 5:55 PM, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote:
>
> However, I do agree with the concerns raised by Peter and Adhemerval: glibc
> should be in sync with the kernel by the time of the release in order to
> guarantee both bits are reserved for the exact same goal and we should have
> both AT_HWCAP and AT_PLATFORM supporting the new processor.
> With that said, I was planning to revert both commits d2de9ef7 and b1f19b8e
> if we don't get the kernel patch accepted into the powerpc tree in time for
> the release 2.23.
>

Kernel patch is in, commit f689b742f217b2ffe7925f8a6521b208ee995309

Regards,

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Carlos Eduardo Seo
Software Engineer - Linux on Power Toolchain
cseo at linux.vnet.ibm.com



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