[PATCH] PPC64: Add 970MP PVR

Olof Johansson olof at lixom.net
Wed Jul 13 12:11:15 EST 2005


On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:07:35AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 07:26 -0500, Olof Johansson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > Add PVR value and tests for 970MP. Also switch to a simpler (but
> > slightly longer) check at init time for simplicity.
> 
> Hrm ... I loved my little game with cror :) Besides, it would teach
> something to newbies reading the code :)

Heh. It's a execute-once path that I've had to touch a few times lately.
I figured I could spend 5 minutes rewriting it once or 10 minutes
scratching my head getting the cror's right every time. We can live with
the extra pathlength. :)

> BTW. Can you remind me what is this MMCRA CPU feature ?

Performance counter stuff. Not sure about the exact usage, check the
books or ask Anton. :)


-Olof



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