commit: 72de871e6fb59e1e7fb3af51bc6227ad32b0e019 Author: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sun Jun 7 23:18:31 2020 +0000 Commit: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sun Jun 7 23:29:57 2020 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=72de871e
2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt: new revision add vsx2 flag information Signed-off-by: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev <AT> gentoo.org> .../2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt b/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt index a4a4ee5..3267fe0 100644 --- a/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt +++ b/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: new CPU_FLAGS_PPC USE_EXPAND Author: Georgy Yakovlev <[email protected]> Posted: 2019-09-11 -Revision: 1 +Revision: 2 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Keyword: ~ppc Display-If-Keyword: ~ppc64 @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The flags are: altivec - Use the AltiVec/VMX instruction set vsx - Use the Vector Scalar Extension instruction set + vsx2 - Use the Vector Scalar Extension v.2 instruction set vsx3 - Use the Vector Scalar Extension v.3 instruction set Note that CPU_FLAGS_PPC variable is used on ppc and ppc64 architectures. @@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ This flag needs to be set as: It's advised to keep 'altivec' USE flag enabled to ensure safe migration and compatibility with external repositories. -'vsx' and 'vsx3' are new flags and no migration necessary. +'vsx', 'vsx2' and 'vsx3' are new flags and no migration necessary. To help users enable the correct USE_EXPAND flags PPC support has been added to app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags package: - # emerge -1v >=app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags-7 + # emerge -1v >=app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags-9 $ cpuid2cpuflags
