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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 20:32:57 +0200
From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>
To: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] add bits/hwcap.h and include it in sys/auxv.h

* Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de> [2016-10-09 19:24:13 +0200]:
> On 10/09/2016 07:01 PM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> > aarch64, arm, powerpc, powerpc64 and sh have cpu feature bits defined
> > in linux for AT_HWCAP auxv entry, so expose those in sys/auxv.h
> > ---
> >  arch/aarch64/bits/hwcap.h   | 11 +++++++++++
> >  arch/arm/bits/hwcap.h       | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/generic/bits/hwcap.h   |  0
> >  arch/powerpc/bits/hwcap.h   | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/powerpc64/bits/hwcap.h | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/sh/bits/hwcap.h        | 11 +++++++++++
> >  include/sys/auxv.h          |  1 +
> >  7 files changed, 132 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 arch/aarch64/bits/hwcap.h
> >  create mode 100644 arch/arm/bits/hwcap.h
> >  create mode 100644 arch/generic/bits/hwcap.h
> >  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/bits/hwcap.h
> >  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc64/bits/hwcap.h
> >  create mode 100644 arch/sh/bits/hwcap.h
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> shouldn't this also be added for MIPS? This commit added a file called
> hwcap.h:
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e14f1db7a61f016d74393ca9e8fc49a91d27f603
> 

that commit seems to failed to add it to Kbuild
so it is never installed (i checked installed
uapi headers only because looking at the kernel
source tricked me previously)

but i guess the intention is clear in this case
so we can add it..

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