Re: linux 5.0 and altivec

[Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de>]

* Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org> [2019-03-10 18:40 +0100]:

> 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

Hmm, can't find that option in 5.0.1 nor in linux-powerpc?

Elimar
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