zfs: disable floating point on powerpc kernels
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Authored by alfredo on Oct 6 2022, 6:50 PM.

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rG344986ff4cb6: zfs: powerpc: disable kernel floating point support

Summary

Powerpc* doesn't support support floating point in the kernel yet, so disable it on zfs or now.

This fixes "panic: altivec unavailable trap" when loading zfs.ko

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on powerpc64le:

kldload zfs

It should load the module without a kernel panic

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rG FreeBSD src repository

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alfredo created this revision.Oct 6 2022, 6:50 PM

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Harbormaster completed remote builds in B47715: Diff 111515.Oct 6 2022, 6:50 PM

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alfredo added reviewers: PowerPC, mm.

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jhibbits accepted this revision.Oct 6 2022, 6:59 PM

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Oct 6 2022, 6:59 PM

Closed by commit rG344986ff4cb6: zfs: powerpc: disable kernel floating point support (authored by alfredo). · Explain WhyOct 6 2022, 8:36 PM

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sys/

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openzfs/

include/

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freebsd/

spl/

sys/

simd_powerpc.h

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sys/contrib/openzfs/include/os/freebsd/spl/sys/simd_powerpc.h

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