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powerpc: Add CONFIG_VSX config option

Add CONFIG_VSX config build option. Must compile with POWER4, FPU and ALTIVEC.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>

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Michael Neuling and committed by
Paul Mackerras
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arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
··· 160 160 161 161 If in doubt, say Y here. 162 162 163 + config VSX 164 + bool "VSX Support" 165 + depends on POWER4 && ALTIVEC && PPC_FPU 166 + ---help--- 167 + 168 + This option enables kernel support for the Vector Scaler extensions 169 + to the PowerPC processor. The kernel currently supports saving and 170 + restoring VSX registers, and turning on the 'VSX enable' bit so user 171 + processes can execute VSX instructions. 172 + 173 + This option is only useful if you have a processor that supports 174 + VSX (P7 and above), but does not have any affect on a non-VSX 175 + CPUs (it does, however add code to the kernel). 176 + 177 + If in doubt, say Y here. 178 + 163 179 config SPE 164 180 bool "SPE Support" 165 181 depends on E200 || (E500 && !PPC_E500MC)