Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-06-08 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 13:17 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 08.06.2016 12:44, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 11:14 +1000, Balbir Singh wrote: > > > Don't we need to update IBM_ARCH_VEC_NRCORES_OFFSET as well? > > > > Yep, patch sent this morning. > > Ok, looks like BenH already

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-06-08 Thread Thomas Huth
On 08.06.2016 12:44, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 11:14 +1000, Balbir Singh wrote: >> On 31/05/16 20:32, Michael Ellerman wrote: >>> On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 12:19 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: On 31.05.2016 12:04, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 07:51 +0200, Th

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-06-08 Thread Thomas Huth
On 08.06.2016 03:14, Balbir Singh wrote: > > On 31/05/16 20:32, Michael Ellerman wrote: >> On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 12:19 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: >>> On 31.05.2016 12:04, Michael Ellerman wrote: On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 07:51 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > If we do not provide the PVR for POWER8

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-06-08 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 11:14 +1000, Balbir Singh wrote: > On 31/05/16 20:32, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 12:19 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > > > On 31.05.2016 12:04, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 07:51 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > > > > > If we do not provi

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-06-07 Thread Balbir Singh
On 31/05/16 20:32, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 12:19 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: >> On 31.05.2016 12:04, Michael Ellerman wrote: >>> On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 07:51 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: If we do not provide the PVR for POWER8NVL, a guest on this system currently ends

Re: powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm, client-architecture-support call

2016-06-05 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Tue, 2016-31-05 at 05:51:17 UTC, Thomas Huth wrote: > If we do not provide the PVR for POWER8NVL, a guest on this > system currently ends up in PowerISA 2.06 compatibility mode on > KVM, since QEMU does not provide a generic PowerISA 2.07 mode yet. > So some new instructions from POWER8 (like "m

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-05-31 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 12:19 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 31.05.2016 12:04, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 07:51 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > > > If we do not provide the PVR for POWER8NVL, a guest on this > > > system currently ends up in PowerISA 2.06 compatibility mode on > >

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-05-31 Thread Thomas Huth
On 31.05.2016 12:04, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 07:51 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > >> If we do not provide the PVR for POWER8NVL, a guest on this >> system currently ends up in PowerISA 2.06 compatibility mode on >> KVM, since QEMU does not provide a generic PowerISA 2.07 mode

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call

2016-05-31 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Tue, 2016-05-31 at 07:51 +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > If we do not provide the PVR for POWER8NVL, a guest on this > system currently ends up in PowerISA 2.06 compatibility mode on > KVM, since QEMU does not provide a generic PowerISA 2.07 mode yet. > So some new instructions from POWER8 (like "m

[PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm, client-architecture-support call

2016-05-30 Thread Thomas Huth
If we do not provide the PVR for POWER8NVL, a guest on this system currently ends up in PowerISA 2.06 compatibility mode on KVM, since QEMU does not provide a generic PowerISA 2.07 mode yet. So some new instructions from POWER8 (like "mtvsrd") get disabled for the guest, resulting in crashes when u