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authorKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>2012-09-07 15:57:17 -0500
committerKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>2013-03-12 15:59:26 -0500
commitcd66cc2ee52bca82f1b06e2fbc1ce63f33700190 (patch)
tree8c180e8049b4e91e27863c210d4b6a4d1a3784c6 /arch/powerpc/platforms
parent1b29187315993cc34e9c73d4d8a0887a10cd8998 (diff)
powerpc/85xx: Add AltiVec support for e6500
The e6500 core adds support for AltiVec on a Book-E class processor. Connect up all the various exception handling code and build config mechanisms to allow user spaces apps to utilize AltiVec. Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/platforms')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
index cea2f09c424..6dfdb658c9f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ config PHYS_64BIT
config ALTIVEC
bool "AltiVec Support"
- depends on 6xx || POWER4
+ depends on 6xx || POWER4 || (PPC_E500MC && PPC64)
---help---
This option enables kernel support for the Altivec extensions to the
PowerPC processor. The kernel currently supports saving and restoring