[ptxdist] [PATCH v2] architecture.in: Add AltiVec tuning.

[Christian Melki]

Even if it looks like PPC is a dying breed,
add an altivec knob for PPC AltiVec/VMX/Velocity engine
tuning. Altivec is present in more modern designs.
Afaiu, Most designs that are >=  Power ISA v.2.03
According to Wikipedia:

Motorola/Freescale
    MPC7400
    MPC7410
    MPC7450
    MPC7445/7455
    MPC7447/7447A/7457
    MPC7448
    MPC8641/8641D
    MPC8640/8640D
    MPC8610
    T2081/T2080
    T4080/T4160/T4240
    B4420/B4860

IBM
    PowerPC 970
    PowerPC 970FX
    PowerPC 970MP
    Xenon
    Cell B.E.
    PowerXCell 8i
    POWER6/POWER6+
    POWER7/POWER7+
    POWER8
    POWER9
    Power10

P.A. Semi
    PA6T

Signed-off-by: Christian Melki <christian.me...@t2data.com>
---
 platforms/architecture.in | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platforms/architecture.in b/platforms/architecture.in
index 10df8deb2..06ed36dde 100644
--- a/platforms/architecture.in
+++ b/platforms/architecture.in
@@ -269,6 +269,18 @@ config ARCH_ARMV7_NEON
        bool
        default ARCH_ARM_NEON if ARCH_ARM
 
+#
+# PPC vector instructions
+#
+config ARCH_PPC_ALTIVEC
+       bool
+       prompt "AltiVec/VMX/Velocity Engine"
+       depends on ARCH_PPC
+       help
+         This enables optimizations corresponding to single precision
+         floating point and integer SIMD instructions on PPC processors.
+         This is present on more modern CPUs.
+
 #
 # hardware / software floating point
 #
-- 
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