Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Enable VMX copy on PPC970 (G5)

2016-01-22 Thread Segher Boessenkool
On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:25:27AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > There's no reason I'm aware of that the VMX copy loop shouldn't work on > PPC970. And in fact it seems to boot and generally be happy. But is it faster? Segher ___ Linuxppc-dev

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Enable VMX copy on PPC970 (G5)

2016-01-22 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 02:08 -0600, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:25:27AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > There's no reason I'm aware of that the VMX copy loop shouldn't work on > > PPC970. And in fact it seems to boot and generally be happy. > > But is it faster? Well

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Enable VMX copy on PPC970 (G5)

2016-01-21 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Thu, 2016-01-21 at 10:51 +0100, Marc Dietrich wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 21. Januar 2016, 11:25:27 schrieb Michael Ellerman: > > There's no reason I'm aware of that the VMX copy loop shouldn't work on > > PPC970. And in fact it seems to boot and generally be happy. > > does the same also hold

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Enable VMX copy on PPC970 (G5)

2016-01-21 Thread Marc Dietrich
Am Donnerstag, 21. Januar 2016, 11:25:27 schrieb Michael Ellerman: > There's no reason I'm aware of that the VMX copy loop shouldn't work on > PPC970. And in fact it seems to boot and generally be happy. does the same also hold for Cell? Maybe there are even more optimizations which can be

[PATCH] powerpc: Enable VMX copy on PPC970 (G5)

2016-01-20 Thread Michael Ellerman
There's no reason I'm aware of that the VMX copy loop shouldn't work on PPC970. And in fact it seems to boot and generally be happy. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputable.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git