[PATCH 1/2] powerpc: Add base support for ISA v3.1

[Segher Boessenkool]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:58:31AM +1000, Oliver O'Halloran wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:53 AM Alistair Popple <alistair at popple.id.au> wrote:
> >
> > On Tuesday, 21 April 2020 11:30:52 AM AEST Alistair Popple wrote:
> > > On Saturday, 4 April 2020 2:32:08 AM AEST Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 03:10:54PM +1100, Alistair Popple wrote:
> > > > > +#define   PCR_ARCH_300   0x10            /* Architecture 3.00 */
> > > >
> > > > It's called 3.0, not 3.00?
> > >
> > > Thanks. I'll fix that up.
> >
> > Actually we have already defined it upstream as CPU_FTR_ARCH_300 in arch/
> > powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h and PVR_ARCH_300 in arch/powerpc/include/asm/
> > reg.h so for consistency we should make it the same here. So either we leave
> > this patch as is or we change it to PCR_ARCH_30 along with the existing
> > upstream #defines. Thoughts?
> 
> I used 300 for consistency with the existing three digit definitions
> when I added the CPU_FTR macro. It doesn't really matter since these
> are all internal definitions, but I SAY THE BIKESHED SHOULD BE THREE
> DIGITS LONG.

You can do in your own symbols whatever you want, but the comment is
refering to an existing real-world version of the ISA, namely, 3.0 :-)

(It's important to get names right, and especially in the canonical
places, like this one.  IMO of course).


Segher