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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2020-06-13 10:39:22 +0100
committerV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2020-06-13 10:39:22 +0100
commit9452a6e87b6c2c70513bc47a2470bf9f1168920e (patch)
tree8ac67e26b45f34d71c5aab3621813b100a0d5f00 /metadata/news/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction
parentf516638b7fe9592837389826a6152a7e1b251c54 (diff)
gentoo resync : 13.06.2020
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt b/metadata/news/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt
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--- a/metadata/news/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt
+++ b/metadata/news/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction/2019-09-11-cpu_flags_ppc-introduction.en.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Title: new CPU_FLAGS_PPC USE_EXPAND
Author: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org>
Posted: 2019-09-11
-Revision: 1
+Revision: 2
News-Item-Format: 2.0
Display-If-Keyword: ~ppc
Display-If-Keyword: ~ppc64
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The flags are:
altivec - Use the AltiVec/VMX instruction set
vsx - Use the Vector Scalar Extension instruction set
+ vsx2 - Use the Vector Scalar Extension v.2 instruction set
vsx3 - Use the Vector Scalar Extension v.3 instruction set
Note that CPU_FLAGS_PPC variable is used on ppc and ppc64 architectures.
@@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ This flag needs to be set as:
It's advised to keep 'altivec' USE flag enabled to ensure safe
migration and compatibility with external repositories.
-'vsx' and 'vsx3' are new flags and no migration necessary.
+'vsx', 'vsx2' and 'vsx3' are new flags and no migration necessary.
To help users enable the correct USE_EXPAND flags PPC support has been
added to app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags package:
- # emerge -1v >=app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags-7
+ # emerge -1v >=app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags-9
$ cpuid2cpuflags