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| author | Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> | 2017-04-19 12:27:37 +1000 |
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| committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2017-04-19 20:21:50 +1000 |
| commit | 2384d2d7adc41463a69d3eb0720896cc2d5d1f55 (patch) | |
| tree | 09b8ae8dd52dd5040c14f9e36d3ea44736ced749 /arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | |
| parent | f2080b9ac3c450c06a380237e6338f1e43468665 (diff) | |
powerpc/64s: Remove ICSWX feature from Power9
Power9 does not implement the icswx instruction. This CPU feature is not visible
to userspace and is only used in the CONFIG_PPC_ICSWX code, which is generally
not enabled, and can only be triggered by other code using icswx, which should
not happen on Power9 systems in the first place. So impact should be minimal.
Fixes: c3ab300ea5 ("powerpc: Add POWER9 cputable entry")
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype index ee87cb37c580..684e886eaae4 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype @@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ config PPC_ICSWX This option enables kernel support for the PowerPC Initiate Coprocessor Store Word (icswx) coprocessor instruction on POWER7 - or newer processors. + and POWER8 processors. POWER9 uses new copy/paste instructions + to invoke the coprocessor. This option is only useful if you have a processor that supports the icswx coprocessor instruction. It does not have any effect |