[PATCH 2/3] powerpc: fix build errors

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Feb 25 04:37:13 AEDT 2022


On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 11:39:16PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> >  	/* Calculate the parity of the value */
> > -	asm ("popcntd %0,%1" : "=r" (parity) : "r" (val));
> > +	asm (".machine \"push\"\n"
> > +	     ".machine \"power7\"\n"
> > +	     "popcntd %0,%1\n"
> > +	     ".machine \"pop\"\n"
> > +	     : "=r" (parity) : "r" (val));
> 
> This was actually present in an older CPU, but it doesn't really matter,
> this is fine.

popcntd was new on p7 (popcntb is the older one :-) )  And it does not
matter indeed.


Segher


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