[PATCH v2 1/7] powerpc: Add new HWCAP bits
Michael Ellerman
mpe at ellerman.id.au
Wed May 20 12:42:09 AEST 2020
Alistair Popple <alistair at popple.id.au> writes:
> POWER10 introduces two new architectural features - ISAv3.1 and matrix
> multiply accumulate (MMA) instructions. Userspace detects the presence
> of these features via two HWCAP bits introduced in this patch. These
> bits have been agreed to by the compiler and binutils team.
Do we have an explanation of why we're exposing MMA separately.
I believe it's because ISA v3.1 says that MMA is optional, in the table
on page ix?
cheers
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/cputable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/cputable.h
> index 540592034740..2692a56bf20b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/cputable.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/cputable.h
> @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
> #define PPC_FEATURE2_DARN 0x00200000 /* darn random number insn */
> #define PPC_FEATURE2_SCV 0x00100000 /* scv syscall */
> #define PPC_FEATURE2_HTM_NO_SUSPEND 0x00080000 /* TM w/out suspended state */
> +#define PPC_FEATURE2_ARCH_3_1 0x00040000 /* ISA 3.1 */
> +#define PPC_FEATURE2_MMA 0x00020000 /* Matrix Multiply Accumulate */
>
> /*
> * IMPORTANT!
> --
> 2.20.1
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