Re: [Qemu-ppc] [V3 PATCH 0/9] target-ppc: Base ISA V2.07 for Power8

[Alexander Graf]

On 10.02.2014, at 18:26, Tom Musta <address@hidden> wrote:

> This patch series adds the branch and integer instructions that were 
> introduced in Power ISA 2.07.  Specifically,
> 
>  - There is a new conditional Branch to Address Register (bctar) instruction.
>  - The load/store quadword instructions are now supported in user mode (Book 
> I).
>  - Quadword atomic instructions have been added (lqarx, stqcx.).
> 
> ISA 2.07 additions for other categories (VSX, Altivec, Decimal Floating Point,
> transactional memory) are not included in this patch series; they will be 
> contributed via other patches.
> 
> V2: Addressing review comments from Alex Graf:
>    (1) Refactored user-mode and Little Endian checks in the load and store
>        quadword instructions.
>    (2) Added reserve_val2 element to CPU state in support of quadword atomic
>        instructions.
> 
> V3: Addressiew review comments from Alex Graf:
>    (1) Moved declaration of local variables to the beginning of the block (a 
> la
>        C89 standard).
>    (2) Fixed bugs in handling of secondary reservation doubleword used in 
> lqarx
>        and stqcx. instructions. 

Thanks, applied to ppc-next.


Alex