[PATCH 1/6] powerpc/32s: add an option to exclusively select powerpc 601

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Mon Sep 2 13:29:36 AEST 2019


On Mon, 2019-08-26 at 15:52:13 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Powerpc 601 is rather old powerpc which as some important
> limitations compared to other book3s/32 powerpcs:
> - No Timebase.
> - Common BATs for instruction and data.
> - No execution protection in segment registers.
> - No RI bit in MSR
> - ...
> 
> It is starting to be difficult and cumbersome to maintain
> kernels that are compatible both with 601 and other 6xx cores.
> 
> Create a compiletime option to exclusively select either powerpc 601
> or other 6xx.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>

Series applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/f7a0bf7d904e902e13024986b7b357181ee30849

cheers


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