Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v1 0/6] target/s390x: tcg improvments + MSA functions

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 25.07.2017 13:55, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:56:03 +0200
> David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Based on series:
>>     "[PATCH v2 0/5] target/s390x: cpu model cleanups + improvements"
> 
> I'm trying to decide what to do with this series; probably nothing for
> 2.10.
> 
>>
>> 1. smaller pgm irq instruction length fixes
> 
> These, I would have considered. But it seems Richard had an alternative
> idea which is 2.11 material. So I'll probably just ignore these for now.

I'd suggest to simply pick these two up. Simple fixes. Richards series
is a step into the right direction, getting rid of explicit ILEN
specification/ILEN_AUTO completely, avoiding such bugs in the future.

But I'll let Richard + you decide.

> 
>> 2. implement IPM, which is often used in context of MSA instructions
>> 3. implement all basic MSA (cpacf/crypto) instructions <= z13. Only provide
>>    the query subfunction (to query available subfunctions), no actual
>>    de/encryption yet
> 
> This is certainly 2.11 material.

We could discuss if IPM makes sense. I can resend the updated version.
MSA can certainly wait for 2.11.

Thanks.

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Thanks,

David