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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] powerpc: Emulate most load and store instructions
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On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 10:55:02AM +0530, K.Prasad wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:49:55PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > This extends the emulate_step() function to handle most of the load
> > and store instructions implemented on current 64-bit server processors.
> > The aim is to handle all the load and store instructions used in the
> > kernel, so this handles the Altivec/VMX lvx and stvx and the VSX
> > lxv2dx and stxv2dx instructions (implemented in POWER7).
> > 
> 
> Can the emulate_step() function be used on BookIII E processors as well
> (arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c invokes it irrespective of the host
> processor though)?

I expect it can.  I haven't checked what extra things I'd need to add
for Book 3E though.  I also want to use it on classic 32-bit as well.

Paul.