From d2ca32a2d4f029b90e4b8f67879a9dfead0c85fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mihai Caraman Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:01:59 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: PPC: Book3E: Enable e6500 core Now that AltiVec and hardware thread support is in place enable e6500 core. Signed-off-by: Mihai Caraman Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf --- arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c index bf8f99f6676a..2fdc8722e324 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c @@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ int kvmppc_core_check_processor_compat(void) r = 0; else if (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_name, "e5500") == 0) r = 0; +#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC + /* + * Since guests have the priviledge to enable AltiVec, we need AltiVec + * support in the host to save/restore their context. + * Don't use CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC to identify cores with AltiVec unit + * because it's cleared in the absence of CONFIG_ALTIVEC! + */ + else if (strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->cpu_name, "e6500") == 0) + r = 0; +#endif else r = -ENOTSUPP;