From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36452) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1GTi-0006z0-VZ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:34:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1GTf-0001vp-1R for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:34:34 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:52830 helo=mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1GTe-0001uy-T7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:34:30 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098420.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.17/8.16.0.17) with SMTP id u9VHXQIC090433 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:34:30 -0400 Received: from e24smtp05.br.ibm.com (e24smtp05.br.ibm.com [32.104.18.26]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 26eab48qxm-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:34:29 -0400 Received: from localhost by e24smtp05.br.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:34:27 -0200 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:34:19 -0200 From: joserz@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <1477675084-7713-1-git-send-email-joserz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20161031023735.GH18226@umbus.fritz.box> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161031023735.GH18226@umbus.fritz.box> Message-Id: <20161031173419.GA15738@pacoca> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/4] POWER9 TCG enablements - BCD functions part I List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: David Gibson Cc: qemu-ppc@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, nikunj@linux.vnet.ibm.com, bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 01:37:35PM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 03:18:00PM -0200, Jose Ricardo Ziviani wrote: > > v2: > > - implements all fixes and suggestions > > Ok, I think the implementations are correct now, but there is still > some polish necessary - comments on the individual patches. Thanks again for reviewing it, learned a lot in this process. Really appreciated. > > I have to wonder what the chip designers were smoking to put into a > 2016 CPU special instructions for handling obscure decimal formats > that appear to be from the EBCDIC era. Still, if they're in the > silicon, I guess we need to put them in qemu as well. my guess is to have improvements to run/convert cobol (db2?) programs, just a guess :D > > -- > David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code > david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ > | _way_ _around_! > http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson