CONFIG_PPC_KERNEL_PREFIXED: Build Kernel with Prefixed Instructions

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_PPC_KERNEL_PREFIXED:

• prompt: Build Kernel with Prefixed Instructions
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_PPC_HAVE_PREFIXED_SUPPORT ) && ( CONFIG_CC_HAS_PREFIXED )
• defined in arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
• found in Linux kernels: 6.4–6.8, 6.9-rc+HEAD

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POWER10 and later CPUs support prefixed instructions, 8 byte instructions that include large immediate, pc relative addressing, and various floating point, vector, MMA.

This option builds the kernel with prefixed instructions, and allows a pc relative addressing option to be selected.

Kernel support for prefixed instructions in applications and guests is not affected by this option.

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