On 09/16/2010 04:03 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 15:44 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
>> Right. We currently use a 970-series cpu and have implemented a >> per-process flag to indicate whether 32-byte mode is needed or not. >> We'd have to do something similar with the new cpu. > > Sounds like a candidate for upstreaming the patch :-) As I recall we proposed upstreaming it a while back but there wasn't a lot of interest since it's most useful in supporting poorly-written legacy apps. :) Chris -- The author works for GENBAND Corporation (GENBAND) who is solely responsible for this email and its contents. All enquiries regarding this email should be addressed to GENBAND. Nortel has provided the use of the nortel.com domain to GENBAND in connection with this email solely for the purpose of connectivity and Nortel Networks Inc. has no liability for the email or its contents. GENBAND's web site is http://www.genband.com _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
