From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:52:02 -0600 From: Nathan Ingersoll To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Runtime Altivec detection Message-ID: <20030307175201.GA6252@ruralcenter.org> References: <20030307164753.GA5240@ruralcenter.org> <3E68D5BF.1050906@embeddededge.com> <1047058865.12206.44.camel@zion.wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1047058865.12206.44.camel@zion.wanadoo.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 06:41:05PM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > There's a much better way. The kernel passes down CPU features > bits down to userland via ELF AUX tables. Do you know of any reference code for accessing that information? Thanks, Nathan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Nathan Ingersoll \\ Computer Systems & Network Coordinator | | ningerso@ruralcenter.org \\ http://www.ruralcenter.org | | http://ningerso.atmos.org/ \\ Minnesota Center for Rural Health | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/