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Re: [PATCH, v3]: AMD btver1 and btver2 enablement


On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Eggone, NagaJyothi
<NagaJyothi.Eggone@amd.com> wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: H.J. Lu [mailto:hjl.tools@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 6:41 PM
>> To: Eggone, NagaJyothi
>> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH, v3]: AMD btver1 and btver2 enablement
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Eggone, NagaJyothi
>> <NagaJyothi.Eggone@amd.com> wrote:
>> > Hello H.J.,
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: H.J. Lu [mailto:hjl.tools@gmail.com]
>> >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:31 PM
>> >> To: Eggone, NagaJyothi
>> >> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH, v2]: AMD btver1 and btver2 enablement
>> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Do you really need Cpu3dnowPrfch? Where will it be used?
>> >> >
>> >> > The 3dnow 'prefetch' and 'prefetchw' instructions are available
>> both
>> >> on the btver1 and btver2 cores. I could not have enabled both these
>> >> instructions for these cores without adding a cpu flag bit (this
>> >> corresponds to the cpuid ECX bit 8 on AMD processors).
>> >>
>> >> Please drop Cpu3dnowPrfch and add CpuPRFCHW to
>> >> prefetch.
>> >>
>> >> gas/testsuite changes should be in gas/testsuite/ChangeLog.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> H.J.
>> >
>> > I have changed the patch as per suggestions above. This patch also
>> includes the diffs of files opcodes/i386-init.h and opcodes/i386-tbl.h.
>> > Please review and if OK, commit to trunk.
>> >
>>
>> Please reformat your ChangeLog entries to follow
>> existing ones.  You have extra blank lines and
>> missing '.'.
>>
>> +  /* Supports prefetchw and 3dnow prefetch instructions.  */
>>
>> Please drop 3dnow here.
>>
>> --
>> H.J.
>
> Re-submitting with changes.
>

I fixed ChangeLog entries and checked it for you.
Please submit proper ChangeLog entries next
time.


-- 
H.J.


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