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Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Expose VSX feature test
- From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom at linux dot ibm dot com>
- To: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Cc:
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:31:05 -0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Expose VSX feature test
- References: <klDQRjHsGNLyUfoTY_7IVfFKRRAhSEeHVIYr89lVsb-ufm0FM5_KS2Wok7jCSBaVZXDYTJFmlGNMT7uJxbt0dIyn3m2SLuzdyWsoALd0pi4=@protonmail.com> <87r2o42y5f.fsf@linux.ibm.com> <379d556b-bbee-01c8-c7ec-c4194389ad2a@linaro.org>
Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> writes:
> On 28/03/2018 09:16, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote:
>> Nathan Phillips <waic9e@protonmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hope it's OK to submit a small change like this. Trying to familiarize myself
>>> with the patch process.
>>>
>>> My copyright assignment is underway.
>>
>> Ack.
>>
>>> Read the HWCAP auxval key to test for VSX support. Expose result through
>>
>> Please use 2 spaces here ---------------------------^
>>
>>> the cpu_features interface.
>>>
>>> Preliminary change to prepare for PowerPC optimized libmvec implementations
>>> [BZ #20123]. Enables selecting optimized version at load time in ifunc
>>
>> Likewise. ----^
>>
>>> resolver.
>>
>> Can't you take it directly from the hwcap variable that is already available
>> when using libc_ifunc or libc_ifunc_redirected? e.g.
>> sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/memcmp.c
>>
>>
>
> I don't have the original message in my mailbox, was it sent only privately?
No, it's in the mailing list archives:
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-03/msg00582.html
> If it was the case, could you send the original one as well?
Sure! I'm sending it in private to avoid duplicating this in the mailing list.
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Tulio Magno