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Re: [PATCH] Add POWER5 instructions

From: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba dot org>
To: Kumar Gala <kumar dot gala at freescale dot com>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 00:00:53 +1000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add POWER5 instructions
References: <20050503134540.GB13590@krispykreme> <a1a9e0e3c52adb3e0930f849ad5410ad@freescale.com>

Hi Kumar,

> Should these really be marked as POWER5, they are part of the PPC2.02 
> spec, however they may only be implemented in POWER5.  I think it would 
> be better to have them in PPC, so any future PPC that implements these 
> instructions will pick them up.

Indeed they are 2.02 instructions. We really need to clean up
this area of binutils, its a bit of a mess.

Anton

References:
- [PATCH] Add POWER5 instructions
  - From: Anton Blanchard
- Re: [PATCH] Add POWER5 instructions
  - From: Kumar Gala

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