Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:34:28 +1100 | From | Paul Mackerras <> | Subject | Re: [PPC64] Allow emulation of mfpvr on ppc64 kernel |
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Ingo Oeser writes:
> Why not putting the required information into the AUX table > when executing your ELF programs? I loved this feature in the > ix86 arch.
We do put an AT_HWCAP entry in the aux table, which is a bitmap of features supported by the cpu. But for some applications, such as programming the performance monitor hardware, you need to know the specific CPU model and version, and this is a way to provide that information.
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