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Re: [RFC] dl-procinfo and HWCAP_IMPORTANT support for powerpc, revised
- From: Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba dot org>
- To: Steve Munroe <sjmunroe at us dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:32:27 +1100
- Subject: Re: [RFC] dl-procinfo and HWCAP_IMPORTANT support for powerpc, revised
- References: <OF56EA3DEF.16863A2B-ON862570F5.0077D9C7-862570F5.007956A6@us.ibm.com>
Steve Munroe writes:
> It was suggested that AT_PLATFORM is a better mechanism for supporting a
> large variety of cpu-types for compiler (micro-architecture)
> optimizations. And AT_HWCAP should be focused on ISA features and optional
> execution units.
The kernel changes to make an AT_PLATFORM aux table entry are now
upstream and will be in 2.6.16. The set of strings is as listed in
your proposal with the addition of "ppc440gp", "ppc5554", and
"ppc8548".
Paul.