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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] powerpc: Add kernel support for POWER7 VSX. 
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:05:23 -0500
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On Jun 17, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Michael Neuling wrote:

> The following set of patches adds Vector Scalar Extentions (VSX)
> support for POWER7.  Includes context switch, ptrace and signals  
> support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
> ---
> This series is on top of the POWER7 cputable entry patch.
>
> Paulus: please consider for your 2.6.27 tree.

I bit better explanation of what VSX would be useful.  Its not clear  
to me exactly how these instructions behave such that we have to touch  
all this code.

- k