[PATCH] powerpc: Expose VSX feature test

[Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho]

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