From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.genesippc.com (mithrandir.softwarenexus.net [66.98.186.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E8AF67CA4 for ; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:56:24 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <453F7B1D.2090005@genesi-usa.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:56:29 +0200 From: Matt Sealey MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [PATCH] General CHRP/MPC5K2 Platform and drivers support - to comment References: <453771E5.4090808@bplan-gmbh.de> <77AD49CA-69CB-4ADA-B8F3-3BC3A066BCF9@kernel.crashing.org> <453884F5.4000804@bplan-gmbh.de> <122A4E06-B8A6-4256-B96E-3811EA93EA25@kernel.crashing.org> <453B6A84.3050209@bplan-gmbh.de> <1161585371.10524.444.camel@localhost.localdomain> <453CD615.4050401@genesi-usa.com> <17725.18623.768768.438157@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <453E34FB.3030209@genesi-usa.com> <17726.39780.732843.150044@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <453F7832.2020305@genesi-usa.com> <0728ABEB-7D51-4694-9AB9-EE631DE8453E@kernel.crashing.org> In-Reply-To: <0728ABEB-7D51-4694-9AB9-EE631DE8453E@kernel.crashing.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Kumar Gala wrote: > >> so you can have a Book E with AltiVec, or has it's own new >> book (VLE, which is an IBM-ified copy of the e200 Core >> Reference Manual Addendum) > > There is far more new in the 2.03 spec than just merging of various > existing specs as you are stating. Please be more careful with general > statements like this. The Book III-E has some significant changes from > Book-E 1.0. I don't think any of it suddenly makes a billion existing processors completely incompatible. -- Matt Sealey Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations