From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e24smtp01.br.ibm.com (e24smtp01.br.ibm.com [32.104.18.85]) (using TLSv1 with cipher CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF5EA1A003F for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2016 09:30:58 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost by e24smtp01.br.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:30:52 -0200 Received: from d24relay03.br.ibm.com (d24relay03.br.ibm.com [9.13.184.25]) by d24dlp01.br.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5199F352006E for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:30:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from d24av05.br.ibm.com (d24av05.br.ibm.com [9.18.232.44]) by d24relay03.br.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id u0FMSdpZ63832244 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:28:39 -0200 Received: from d24av05.br.ibm.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by d24av05.br.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id u0FMUntd001053 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:30:49 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add hwcap2 bits for POWER9 To: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho , "Carlos O'Donell" References: <568C272D.6000705@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <87egdsi4om.fsf@totoro.br.ibm.com> <1452267366.5201.12.camel@vnet.ibm.com> <568FE3D0.7080008@linaro.org> <87wprgdu3u.fsf@totoro.br.ibm.com> <5693C861.9030308@redhat.com> <87bn8revra.fsf@totoro.br.ibm.com> Cc: Adhemerval Zanella , libc-alpha@sourceware.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Steve Munroe From: Carlos Eduardo Seo Message-ID: <56997314.9060102@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:30:44 -0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87bn8revra.fsf@totoro.br.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 1/11/16 5:55 PM, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote: > > However, I do agree with the concerns raised by Peter and Adhemerval: glibc > should be in sync with the kernel by the time of the release in order to > guarantee both bits are reserved for the exact same goal and we should have > both AT_HWCAP and AT_PLATFORM supporting the new processor. > With that said, I was planning to revert both commits d2de9ef7 and b1f19b8e > if we don't get the kernel patch accepted into the powerpc tree in time for > the release 2.23. > Kernel patch is in, commit f689b742f217b2ffe7925f8a6521b208ee995309 Regards, -- Carlos Eduardo Seo Software Engineer - Linux on Power Toolchain cseo@linux.vnet.ibm.com