[PATCH] powerpc: Adjust base and index registers in Altivec macros

2009-08-20 Thread Mike Wolf
On POWER6 systems RA needs to be the base and RB the index. If they are reversed you take a misdirect hit. Signed-off-by: Mike Wolf mjw...@us.ibm.com --- altivec.orig/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h 2009-08-17 15:39:52.0 -0500 +++ altivec/arch/powerpc/include/asm

[PATCH] powerpc: Fix oprofile sampling of marked events on POWER7

2009-05-07 Thread Mike Wolf
From: Maynard Johnson mayna...@us.ibm.com Description --- Change ppc64 oprofile kernel driver to use the SLOT bits (MMCRA[37:39]only on older processors where those bits are defined. Background -- The performance monitor unit of the 64-bit POWER processor family has the ability

[PATCH] powerpc: Fix oprofile sampling of marked events on POWER7

2009-05-06 Thread Mike Wolf
From Maynard Johnson mayna...@us.ibm.com Description --- Change ppc64 oprofile kernel driver to use the SLOT bits (MMCRA[37:39]only on older processors where those bits are defined. Background -- The performance monitor unit of the 64-bit POWER processor family has the ability to

[PATCH] powerpc adjust oprofile_cpu_type version 3 resend

2009-04-29 Thread Mike Wolf
there is no way that any other tool could exist that is using these oprofile_cpu_type strings we want to change. Signed-off-by: Mike Wolf m...@linux.vnet.ibm.com --- mainline.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c2009-04-16 09:47:49.0 -0500 +++ mainline/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c

[PATCH] powerpc adjust oprofile_cpu_type version 3

2009-04-27 Thread Mike Wolf
there is no way that any other tool could exist that is using these oprofile_cpu_type strings we want to change. Signed-off-by: Mike Wolf m...@linux.vnet.ibm.com --- --- mainline.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c2009-04-16 09:47:49.0 -0500 +++ mainline/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c 2009

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: adjust oprofile_cpu_type

2009-04-23 Thread Mike Wolf
On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 12:52 -0500, Olof Johansson wrote: On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 06:40:12PM -0500, Mike Wolf wrote: Resending. the patch was munged last time. Oprofile is changing the naming it is using for the compatibility modes. Instead of having compat-powerx, oprofile will go

[PATCH] powerpc: adjust oprofile_cpu_type

2009-04-22 Thread Mike Wolf
Resending. the patch was munged last time. Oprofile is changing the naming it is using for the compatibility modes. Instead of having compat-powerx, oprofile will go to family naming convention and use compat-vx. Currently only compat-v1 will be defined. Signed-off-by: Mike Wolf m

[PATCH] powerpc: adjust oprofile_cpu_type

2009-04-17 Thread Mike Wolf
Oprofile is changing the naming it is using for the compatibility modes. Instead of having compat-powerx, oprofile will go to family naming convention and use compat-vx. Currently only compat-v1 will be defined. Signed off by: Mike Wolf m...@linux.vnet.ibm.com --- --- mainline.orig/arch/powerpc

[PATCH] change where the kernel loads

2008-01-15 Thread Mike Wolf
this patch changes boot/zImage.lds to load the kernel at the same location that the mkzimage would set. This has been boot tested on POWER5, POWER5+, blades and POWER6 systems successfully. signed off by: Mike Wolf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- --- linux-2.6.16.46-0.12.orig/arch/powerpc/boot