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Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Add basic support for POWER9 sans hwcap.
- From: "Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho" <tuliom at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: Peter Bergner <bergner at vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: Carlos Eduardo Seo <cseo at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, GLIBC <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, "Steven J. Munroe" <sjmunroe at us dot ibm dot com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 10:18:12 -0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Add basic support for POWER9 sans hwcap.
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Peter Bergner <bergner@vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> On Tue, 2015-12-22 at 15:44 -0200, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho
> wrote:
>> Carlos Eduardo Seo <cseo@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>>
>> > This patch adds the minimum changes for supporting the POWER9
>> > processor.
>>
>> Pushed as b1f19b8.
>>
>
> I have no problems with this being committed, but I do ask that
> if we cannot get the HWCAP bits settled (waiting on the kernel
> people) before the next glibc release, that we back this out
> before the release. I don't think having the AT_PLATFORM and
> AT_HWCAP/AT_HWCAP2 masks out of sync is a good thing for the
> release.
Could you elaborate more on why do you think this isn't a good thing for the
release, please?
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Tulio Magno