On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 10:55:02AM +0530, K.Prasad wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:49:55PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > > This extends the emulate_step() function to handle most of the load > > and store instructions implemented on current 64-bit server processors. > > The aim is to handle all the load and store instructions used in the > > kernel, so this handles the Altivec/VMX lvx and stvx and the VSX > > lxv2dx and stxv2dx instructions (implemented in POWER7). > > > > Can the emulate_step() function be used on BookIII E processors as well > (arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c invokes it irrespective of the host > processor though)?
I expect it can. I haven't checked what extra things I'd need to add for Book 3E though. I also want to use it on classic 32-bit as well. Paul. _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
