Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 19:20:57 +1100
From: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: asm: convert directive .llong to .8byte
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On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 06:40:58PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> writes:
> 
> > Hi Tobin,
> >
> >> .llong is an undocumented PPC specific directive. The generic
> >> equivalent is .quad, but even better (because it's self describing) is
> >> .8byte.
> >>
> >> Convert directives .llong -> .8byte
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Fixes: issue #33 (github)
> >
> > Thanks for tackling these!
> >
> > I have applied your patch to my local tree. I ran `git grep '\.llong'`,
> > and found:
> >
> > tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/switch_endian_test.S: .llong 0x5555AAAA5555AAAA
> >
> > That file is also handled by mpe and the powerpc tree even though it
> > doesn't live in arch/powerpc - could you please change that one as well?
> 
> I can do that one when I apply it.

Excellent.

thanks,
Tobin.