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authorKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>2012-09-07 16:57:17 -0400
committerKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>2013-03-12 16:59:26 -0400
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 cea2f09c4241..6dfdb658c9f8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ config PHYS_64BIT
232 232
233config ALTIVEC 233config ALTIVEC
234 bool "AltiVec Support" 234 bool "AltiVec Support"
235 depends on 6xx || POWER4 235 depends on 6xx || POWER4 || (PPC_E500MC && PPC64)
236 ---help--- 236 ---help---
237 This option enables kernel support for the Altivec extensions to the 237 This option enables kernel support for the Altivec extensions to the
238 PowerPC processor. The kernel currently supports saving and restoring 238 PowerPC processor. The kernel currently supports saving and restoring