Fix memset on PowerPC 8xx, by Nye Liu:
author"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Thu Oct 23 21:12:29 2008 +0000 (2008-10-23)
changeset 966b6eec1274efb
parent 965 45ddf096def1
child 967 6377bc687c93
Fix memset on PowerPC 8xx, by Nye Liu:
http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2008-10/msg00067.html

/trunk/patches/glibc/2.7/290-powerpc-8xx-CPU15-errata.patch | 40 40 0 0 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
patches/glibc/2.7/290-powerpc-8xx-CPU15-errata.patch
     1.1 --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/patches/glibc/2.7/290-powerpc-8xx-CPU15-errata.patch	Thu Oct 23 21:12:29 2008 +0000
     1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
     1.4 +Fix memset on PowerPC 8xx, by Nye Liu:
     1.5 +http://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2008-10/msg00067.html
     1.6 +
     1.7 +Quote:
     1.8 + I am working on a powerpc 860 toolchain, but I am having problems  
     1.9 + convincing glibc to not emit code that uses the dcbz instruction (CPU15  
    1.10 + dcbX bug). The source of the problem is sysdeps/powerpc/power3/memset.S
    1.11 +
    1.12 +--- glibc-2.7/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S	2007-03-26 13:09:07.000000000 -0700
    1.13 ++++ glibc-2.7/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/memset.S.new	2008-10-23 12:20:04.000000000 -0700
    1.14 +@@ -112,11 +112,13 @@
    1.15 + 	clrrwi.	rALIGN, rLEN, 5
    1.16 + 	mtcrf	0x01, rLEN	/* 40th instruction from .align */
    1.17 + 
    1.18 ++#ifndef BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15
    1.19 + /* Check if we can use the special case for clearing memory using dcbz.
    1.20 +    This requires that we know the correct cache line size for this
    1.21 +    processor.  Getting the __cache_line_size may require establishing GOT
    1.22 +    addressability, so branch out of line to set this up.  */
    1.23 + 	beq	cr1, L(checklinesize)
    1.24 ++#endif
    1.25 + 
    1.26 + /* Store blocks of 32-bytes (256-bits) starting on a 32-byte boundary.
    1.27 +    Can't assume that rCHR is zero or that the cache line size is either
    1.28 +@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@
    1.29 + 	stw	rCHR, -8(rMEMP)
    1.30 + 	blr
    1.31 + 
    1.32 ++#ifndef BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15
    1.33 + L(checklinesize):
    1.34 + #ifdef SHARED
    1.35 + 	mflr	rTMP
    1.36 +@@ -329,6 +332,7 @@
    1.37 + L(handletail32):
    1.38 + 	clrrwi.	rALIGN, rLEN, 5
    1.39 + 	b	L(nondcbz)
    1.40 ++#endif /* ! BROKEN_PPC_8xx_CPU15 */
    1.41 + 
    1.42 + END (BP_SYM (memset))
    1.43 + libc_hidden_builtin_def (memset)