Re: selftests/powerpc: Replace stxvx and lxvx with their equivalent instruction

2017-03-14 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Tue, 2017-03-07 at 00:39:31 UTC, Cyril Bur wrote: > On POWER8 (ISA 2.07) lxvx and stxvx are defined to be extended mnemonics > of lxvd2x and stxvd2x. For POWER9 (ISA 3.0) the HW architects in their > infinite wisdom made lxvx and stxvx instructions in their own right. > > POWER9 aware GCC will

[PATCH v2] selftests/powerpc: Replace stxvx and lxvx with their equivalent instruction

2017-03-08 Thread Cyril Bur
On POWER8 (ISA 2.07) lxvx and stxvx are defined to be extended mnemonics of lxvd2x and stxvd2x. For POWER9 (ISA 3.0) the HW architects in their infinite wisdom made lxvx and stxvx instructions in their own right. POWER9 aware GCC will use the POWER9 instruction for lxvx and stxvx causing these sel

Re: [PATCH] selftests/powerpc: Replace stxvx and lxvx with their equivalent instruction

2017-03-07 Thread Balbir Singh
On 07-Mar-2017 11:43 AM, "Cyril Bur" wrote: On POWER8 (ISA 2.07) lxvx and stxvx are defined to be extended mnemonics of lxvd2x and stxvd2x. For POWER9 (ISA 3.0) the HW architects in their infinite wisdom made lxvx and stxvx instructions in their own right. POWER9 aware GCC will use the POWER9 in

[PATCH] selftests/powerpc: Replace stxvx and lxvx with their equivalent instruction

2017-03-06 Thread Cyril Bur
On POWER8 (ISA 2.07) lxvx and stxvx are defined to be extended mnemonics of lxvd2x and stxvd2x. For POWER9 (ISA 3.0) the HW architects in their infinite wisdom made lxvx and stxvx instructions in their own right. POWER9 aware GCC will use the POWER9 instruction for lxvx and stxvx causing these sel