[PATCH 6/6 v2] KVM: PPC: Book3E: Enable e6500 core
From: Mihai Caraman <hidden>
Date: 2014-06-30 15:35:18
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kvm
Subsystem:
kernel virtual machine for powerpc (kvm/powerpc), linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers:
Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Linus Torvalds
Now that AltiVec support is in place enable e6500 core. Signed-off-by: Mihai Caraman <redacted> --- v2: - no changes arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c
index c60b653..0bc9684 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ int kvmppc_core_check_processor_compat(void) r = 0; else if (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_name, "e5500") == 0) r = 0; +#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC + /* + * Since guests have the priviledge to enable AltiVec, we need AltiVec + * support in the host to save/restore their context. + * Don't use CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC to identify cores with AltiVec unit + * because it's cleared in the absence of CONFIG_ALTIVEC! + */ + else if (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_name, "e6500") == 0) + r = 0; +#endif else r = -ENOTSUPP;
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