From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from xes-mad.com (xes-mad.com [216.165.139.214]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06410DDE18 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:39:18 +1000 (EST) From: Ben Buchli To: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: ppc Floating Point support status Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:40:04 -0500 References: <200708221337.21729.bbuchli@xes-inc.com> <662F11BD-C521-4914-966C-8FCB84D5F808@kernel.crashing.org> In-Reply-To: <662F11BD-C521-4914-966C-8FCB84D5F808@kernel.crashing.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200709040940.04801.bbuchli@xes-inc.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wednesday 22 August 2007 15:52:09 Kumar Gala wrote: > On Aug 22, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Ben Buchli wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I was wondering what the status was on supporting floating-point > > instructions > > for the mpc8548. I found the suggested patch: > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/linuxppc/patch? > > order=patch&filter=none&id=9455, > > but I'm not sure for what kernel version this is and when it will be > > officially supported. > > > > Thanks a lot for your help! > > > > Please CC to me (bbuchli at xes-inc.com) as I haven't subscribed to > > this list. > > I thing these are still up in the air based on having some sense of > testing related to them. > > - k Kumar, thanks for getting back with me. We're doing some early performance testing on one of our boards with an mpc8548e. I was wondering if there's a snapshot available that we could use and maybe do some working/testing on. Thanks a lot. Ben -- -- Ben Buchli Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. 608-833-1155 ext 202