Re: [PATCH][V2] Add support for power9 in ibm_architecture_vec

On 16/06/16 15:31, Michael Ellerman wrote:

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Subject: [PATCH][V2] Add support for power9 in ibm_architecture_vec

Can you use "[PATCH v2]", my scripts don't grok your format.

On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 14:54 +1000, Balbir Singh wrote:

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On 16/06/16 10:09, Balbir Singh wrote:

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Yes, my bad.. I'll respin. I thought I had it, but I clearly did not

Please don't send patches in replies like this, I have to manually clean the
above up before committing.

Yep.. I started this recently just to keep the thread rolling, but point
noted. Thanks!

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V2: Update the vector length for OV1 after adding 3.0 support

This should go below the "---" line so that it's stripped from the history.

Done!

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The PVR list has been updated and IBM_ARCH_VEC_NRCORES_OFFSET.
This provides the cpu version supported to the hypervisor

Can you give me more explanation of the practical effects of the patch. eg. This
allows guests kernels to signal to the hypervisor that they support ISA 3.0
features.

Will do