[PATCH 1/1] UBUNTU: [Config] ppc64el: build for Power8 not Power7

Seth Forshee seth.forshee at canonical.com
Thu Jun 22 13:14:26 UTC 2017


On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 10:23:09AM +1000, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1699627
> 
> Switch from building ppc64el with CPU_POWER7 to CPU_POWER8.
> This enables HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGEND_ACCESS, which:
>  - makes some things faster
>  - allows more eBPF programs (e.g. for XDP) to validate
> 
> CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <daniel.axtens at canonical.com>

Not sure which series this is targeting, but I'll note that the configs
in artful/master-next and unstable already have CONFIG_POWER7_CPU=n and
CONFIG_POWER8_CPU=y.





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