David Gibson wrote: > Andrew, please apply. > > Allow userspace programs on ppc64 to use the (privileged) mfpvr > instruction to determine the processor type. At the moment it > emulates the instruction to provide the real PVR value, though it > could be made to lie in future if for some reason we wish to restrict > what CPU features userspace uses.
Why not putting the required information into the AUX table when executing your ELF programs? I loved this feature in the ix86 arch. Regards Ingo Oeser - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
