[PATCH] PPC enable Alitvec hardware, part 1
Roland McGrath
roland@redhat.com
Sat Jan 10 21:11:00 GMT 2004
> The attached patch provides base enabling for PowerPC Altivec (AKA VMX)
> and for versioning effected functions. 2.6.0 kernels provide a
> PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC status in the AT_HWCAP. We need to capture this
> status as a static flag (__has_altivec) so functions enabled for altivec
> can run safely on PowerPC hardware without the Altivec feature.
Why did you introduce this variable? Using GL(dl_hwcap) should be fine.
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