From: Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa•com>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba•org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] General CHRP/MPC5K2 Platform and drivers support - to comment
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:44:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <453E34FB.3030209@genesi-usa.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17725.18623.768768.438157@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Matt Sealey writes:
>
> "PowerPC" is the name of the instruction set architecture, "POWER" is
> the name of some specific implementations of the PowerPC architecture
> made by a certain large multinational computer company. Unless you're
> talking about the really really old ISA that was the predecessor of
> PowerPC, that is. :)
http://www.power.org/news/articles/new_brand/#isa
I'm talking about the one they consolidated from all the different specs
Freescale, AMCC and IBM had about what makes a PowerPC processor. Since
POWER is part of it and it's all Power.org now.. they seem to have changed
the name.
I don't think they have actually added anything new, that wasn't there
before, just consolidated it. You won't seen an IBM chip with SPE or VLE
unless they license the gaggle of patents Freescale have on those
units, maybe.. but there is always a possibility. All new chips are
being called Power (not POWER).
--
Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa•com>
Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-24 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-19 12:39 [PATCH] General CHRP/MPC5K2 Platform and drivers support - to comment Nicolas DET
2006-10-19 14:12 ` Jon Loeliger
2006-10-19 16:18 ` Linas Vepstas
2006-10-19 16:26 ` Grant Likely
2006-10-19 23:41 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-20 5:55 ` Kumar Gala
2006-10-19 17:43 ` Olof Johansson
2006-10-20 6:06 ` Kumar Gala
2006-10-20 6:29 ` Sven Luther
2006-10-20 6:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-20 8:12 ` Nicolas DET
2006-10-20 14:18 ` Kumar Gala
2006-10-20 14:24 ` Nicolas DET
2006-10-20 14:34 ` Kumar Gala
2006-10-21 23:25 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-22 12:56 ` Nicolas DET
2006-10-23 6:36 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-23 14:47 ` Matt Sealey
2006-10-23 15:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-10-23 16:25 ` Matt Sealey
2006-10-23 16:40 ` Segher Boessenkool
2006-10-23 21:38 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-23 22:57 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-10-24 15:44 ` Matt Sealey [this message]
2006-10-24 16:01 ` Becky Bruce
2006-10-24 23:01 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-10-25 14:44 ` Matt Sealey
2006-10-25 14:50 ` Kumar Gala
2006-10-25 14:56 ` Matt Sealey
2006-10-25 14:57 ` Grant Likely
2006-10-25 16:18 ` Matt Sealey
2006-10-25 17:08 ` Olof Johansson
2006-10-25 21:29 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-10-25 21:22 ` Paul Mackerras
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