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Re: [PATCH] PPC Add Power6x Support to dl-procinfo

Ulrich Drepper writes:

> Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > It's in the queue to go in for 2.6.20, i.e. in the merge window after
> > 2.6.19 is released.
> 
> Then the libc patch has to wait until 2.6.20, too.

I don't see why there has to be a linkage.  The patch is only adding
new AT_HWCAP bits and AT_PLATFORM values.  No earlier kernel will set
those AT_HWCAP bits or use those AT_PLATFORM values, so there is no
backward compatibility problem.  In other words the libc patch could
go in now without any possibility of incorrect behaviour.

Paul.
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