From 9e3699ea7b8d63eabde7fefa9892e3a258c9c27d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lee Nicks Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:46:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ppc: prevent GCC 4 from generating AltiVec instructions in kernel Depending on how GCC is built, GCC 4 may generate altivec instructions without user explicitly requesting vector operations in the code. Although this is a performance booster for user applications, it is a problem for kernel. This patch explicitly instruct GCC to NOT generate altivec instructions while building the kernel. Here are some test cases I ran. (1) build gcc 4.0.1 with '--with-cpu=7450 --enable-altivec --enable-cxx-flags=-mcpu=7450', and use this gcc to build kernel WITHOUT this kernel patch. Kernel fail to boot up on a 7450 board because of altivec instructions in kernel. (2) build gcc 4.0.1 with "--with-cpu=7450 --enable-altivec --enable-cxx-flags=-mcpu=7450", and use this gcc to build kernel WITH this kernel patch. Kernel boot up on a 7450 board without any problem. (3) build gcc 4.0.1 with "--with-cpu=750 --enable-cxx-flags=-mcpu=750", and use this gcc to build kernel with or without this kernel patch. Kernel boot up on a 7450 board without any problem. This patch should also work with GCC 3 or even earlier GCC 2.95.3. Signed-off-by: Lee Nicks Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- arch/ppc64/Makefile | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/ppc64') diff --git a/arch/ppc64/Makefile b/arch/ppc64/Makefile index 743f0dbdebf3..db1b25cdb5be 100644 --- a/arch/ppc64/Makefile +++ b/arch/ppc64/Makefile @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ else CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mtune=power4) endif +# No AltiVec instruction when building kernel +CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -mno-altivec) + # Enable unit-at-a-time mode when possible. It shrinks the # kernel considerably. CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-funit-at-a-time) -- cgit v1.2.3