[PATCH] powerpc: POWER9 remove ICSWX feature
Nicholas Piggin
npiggin at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 12:27:37 AEST 2017
POWER9 does not implement this instruction.
Fixes: c3ab300ea5 ("powerpc: Add POWER9 cputable entry")
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
index 4edbc2f7569a..9c3a44bb4694 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ enum {
CPU_FTR_PURR | CPU_FTR_SPURR | CPU_FTR_REAL_LE | \
CPU_FTR_DSCR | CPU_FTR_SAO | \
CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS | CPU_FTR_POPCNTB | CPU_FTR_POPCNTD | \
- CPU_FTR_ICSWX | CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | \
+ CPU_FTR_CFAR | CPU_FTR_HVMODE | CPU_FTR_VMX_COPY | \
CPU_FTR_DBELL | CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR | CPU_FTR_DAWR | \
CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S | CPU_FTR_TM_COMP | CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)
#define CPU_FTRS_POWER9_DD1 (CPU_FTRS_POWER9 | CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD1)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
index ef4c4b8fc547..3baf821a186d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ config PPC_ICSWX
This option enables kernel support for the PowerPC Initiate
Coprocessor Store Word (icswx) coprocessor instruction on POWER7
- or newer processors.
+ and POWER8 processors. POWER9 uses new copy/paste instructions
+ to invoke the coprocessor.
This option is only useful if you have a processor that supports
the icswx coprocessor instruction. It does not have any effect
--
2.11.0
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