On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:17:03PM +0100, Ingo Oeser wrote: > 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.
Because this is easy and is the way we already do it on ppc32..? -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist. NOT _the_ _other_ _way_ | _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/people/dgibson - 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/