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-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S2
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c19
-rw-r--r--arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c2
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S b/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S
index fe05f3fbf9d..92a744c31ab 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/head.S
@@ -922,7 +922,9 @@ fp_unavailable_common:
altivec_unavailable_common:
EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON(0xf20, PACA_EXGEN)
#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
+BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
bne .load_up_altivec /* if from user, just load it up */
+END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)
#endif
bl .save_nvgprs
addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
index 01739d5c47c..b08aac68baf 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/prom.c
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
const char *full_path, void *data)
{
char *type = get_flat_dt_prop(node, "device_type", NULL);
+ u32 *prop;
/* We are scanning "cpu" nodes only */
if (type == NULL || strcmp(type, "cpu") != 0)
@@ -916,6 +917,20 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
}
}
+ /* Check if we have a VMX and eventually update CPU features */
+ prop = (u32 *)get_flat_dt_prop(node, "ibm,vmx", NULL);
+ if (prop && (*prop) > 0) {
+ cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features |= CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC;
+ cur_cpu_spec->cpu_user_features |= PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC;
+ }
+
+ /* Same goes for Apple's "altivec" property */
+ prop = (u32 *)get_flat_dt_prop(node, "altivec", NULL);
+ if (prop) {
+ cur_cpu_spec->cpu_features |= CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC;
+ cur_cpu_spec->cpu_user_features |= PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC;
+ }
+
return 0;
}
@@ -1104,7 +1119,9 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
DBG("Scanning CPUs ...\n");
- /* Retreive hash table size from flattened tree */
+ /* Retreive hash table size from flattened tree plus other
+ * CPU related informations (altivec support, boot CPU ID, ...)
+ */
scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_cpus, NULL);
/* If hash size wasn't obtained above, we calculate it now based on
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c
index 10fc61f3f6a..7e52cb2605e 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/ppc64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -450,14 +450,12 @@ void kernel_fp_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
void altivec_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
-#ifndef CONFIG_ALTIVEC
if (user_mode(regs)) {
/* A user program has executed an altivec instruction,
but this kernel doesn't support altivec. */
_exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_ILLOPC, regs->nip);
return;
}
-#endif
printk(KERN_EMERG "Unrecoverable VMX/Altivec Unavailable Exception "
"%lx at %lx\n", regs->trap, regs->nip);
die("Unrecoverable VMX/Altivec Unavailable Exception", regs, SIGABRT);