[PATCH] powerpc: asm: convert directive .llong to .8byte

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri Mar 10 18:40:58 AEDT 2017


Daniel Axtens <dja at axtens.net> writes:

> Hi Tobin,
>
>> .llong is an undocumented PPC specific directive. The generic
>> equivalent is .quad, but even better (because it's self describing) is
>> .8byte.
>>
>> Convert directives .llong -> .8byte
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me at tobin.cc>
>> ---
>>
>> Fixes: issue #33 (github)
>
> Thanks for tackling these!
>
> I have applied your patch to my local tree. I ran `git grep '\.llong'`,
> and found:
>
> tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/switch_endian_test.S: .llong 0x5555AAAA5555AAAA
>
> That file is also handled by mpe and the powerpc tree even though it
> doesn't live in arch/powerpc - could you please change that one as well?

I can do that one when I apply it.

cheers


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