Re: linux 5.0 and altivec
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 1:36 PM Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> wrote:
>
> * Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> [2019-03-09 09:56 +0100]:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I tried to compile linux 5.0 on my G4 powerbook 7447A altivec supported:
> >
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c: In function ‘vr_get’:
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c:567:5: note: ‘vrsave’ declared here
> > } vrsave;
> > ^~~~~~
> > cc1: error: AltiVec not supported in this target
> > make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:277: arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.o] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:492: arch/powerpc/lib] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [Makefile:1046: arch/powerpc] Error
> >
> > Doesn't 5.0 support altivec anymore?
>
> Have had to set "CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU=y" instead of
> "CONFIG_E300C2_CPU=y". Sorry for the noise.
Just in case you are actually using 5.x, pay attention you can now use:
CONFIG_G4_CPU=y
See:
bbb7f84b0bbb powerpc: Allow CPU selection of G4/74xx variant
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