Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6 v4] target-tilegx: Firstly add to qemu with minimized features

[Chen Gang S]

On 2/28/15 05:49, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> On 2/27/2015 12:36 PM, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> "TILE-Gx" according to
>> http://www.tilera.com/products/?ezchip=585&spage=614  - please fix
>> wherever used in textual form.
> 
> Yes, really only "tilegx" or "TILE-Gx" should be used.  In type names I agree 
> that TileGX is probably clearer than any alternatives.
> 

OK, thanks. I shall use TILE-Gx for it.

And next, for the type names, I shall use TileGX.

>> What about CPU models? Do the Gx72, Gx36, etc. differ only in core count
>> or also in instruction set features?
> 
> From a userspace perspective, it's mostly the core count.  They also have a 
> different set of on-chip hardware accelerators, etc., but that's out of scope 
> for this project.
> 

OK, thanks. I guess your meaning is "For qemu, we needn't consider about
Gx72, Gx36 ..., we can treat all of them as TILE-Gx".

By the way, does Gx8000 mean 8000 core count?

Thanks.
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Chen Gang

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