Thread (4 messages) flat view 4 messages, 3 authors, 2006-06-09

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: oprofile support for POWER6

From: Michael Neuling <hidden>
Date: 2006-06-08 04:29:01

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 	/*
-	 * SIHV / SIPR bits are only implemented on POWER4+ (GQ) and above.
-	 * However we disable it on all POWER4 until we verify it works
-	 * (I was seeing some strange behaviour last time I tried).
-	 *
-	 * It has been verified to work on POWER5 so we enable it there.
-	 */
The patched code doesn't handle GQ at all.  Is this on purpose?  Add a
similar comment to the CPU feature tables perhaps?
Yeah, those bits are bust on POWER4+.  We didn't touch them previously
and we still don't with this patch.

You're right, we should keep that comment. I'll update and retransmit.

Mikey
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