RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-31 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
Depending on guest behavior it could look like things are working even though they aren't (e.g. a guest just enables MSR[VEC] and uses altivec instructions, not relying on exceptions). This really isn't worth spending a lot of time debating... Once Altivec is fixed properly (you said

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-30 Thread Scott Wood
On 05/10/2013 02:15:34 PM, Scott Wood wrote: On 05/10/2013 02:06:53 PM, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: I didn't see Tiejun's patch... My goal was just to fix the build break without exposing problems, and to encourage a patch to fix it properly to happen sooner rather than

RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
-Original Message- From: Wood Scott-B07421 Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:15 AM To: Alexander Graf Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org; Wood Scott-B07421; Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 Subject: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Alexander Graf
On 10.05.2013, at 11:40, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: -Original Message- From: Wood Scott-B07421 Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:15 AM To: Alexander Graf Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org; Wood Scott-B07421; Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 Subject: [PATCH]

RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
-Original Message- From: Alexander Graf [mailto:ag...@suse.de] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 4:16 PM To: Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable

RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
Do we really need to remove e6500 all together for this? No, just send real Altivec support quickly. We can add it to 3.10 through stable if it's too later, but I'd prefer to have it in within the rc phase. I should have it by Monday, the smoke tests passed. -Mike -- To unsubscribe from

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Alexander Graf
On 10.05.2013, at 18:50, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: Do we really need to remove e6500 all together for this? No, just send real Altivec support quickly. We can add it to 3.10 through stable if it's too later, but I'd prefer to have it in within the rc phase. I should have it by

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Scott Wood
On 05/10/2013 04:40:01 AM, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: -Original Message- From: Wood Scott-B07421 Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:15 AM To: Alexander Graf Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org; Wood Scott-B07421; Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 Subject: [PATCH]

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Scott Wood
] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 11:40, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: -Original Message- From: Wood Scott-B07421 Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:15 AM To: Alexander Graf Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k

RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 18:50, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: Do we really need to remove e6500 all together for this? No, just send real Altivec support quickly. We can add it to 3.10 through stable if it's too later

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Scott Wood
-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 18:50, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: Do we really need to remove e6500 all together for this? No, just send real Altivec support

RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 11:40, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: -Original Message- From: Wood Scott-B07421 Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:15 AM To: Alexander Graf Cc: kvm-ppc

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Alexander Graf
Mihai Claudiu-B02008 Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 18:50, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: Do we really need to remove e6500 all

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Scott Wood
Scott-B07421; kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 11:40, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: -Original Message- From: Wood Scott-B07421

RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
Scott-B07421; kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 18:50, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: Do we really need to remove e6500 all together

RE: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008
, May 10, 2013 7:51 PM To: Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org; k...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 18:50, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Alexander Graf
; k...@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500 On 10.05.2013, at 20:06, Scott Wood wrote: On 05/10/2013 01:03:27 PM, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: -Original Message- From: kvm-ppc-ow...@vger.kernel.org

Re: [PATCH] kvm/ppc/booke64: fix build breakage from Altivec, and disable e6500

2013-05-10 Thread Scott Wood
On 05/10/2013 02:06:53 PM, Caraman Mihai Claudiu-B02008 wrote: I didn't see Tiejun's patch... My goal was just to fix the build break without exposing problems, and to encourage a patch to fix it properly to happen sooner rather than later. With Tiejun's patch, which is