Re: [PATCH 22/27] target/ppc: cpu_init: Rename register_ne_601_sprs

[Fabiano Rosas]

David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 06:41:43PM -0300, Fabiano Rosas wrote:
>> The important part of this function is that it applies to non-embedded
>> CPUs, not that it also applies to the 601. We removed support for the
>> 601 anyway, so rename this function.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
>
> Although, I wonder if "books_common" or something might be a better
> name, though.  Admittedly, I don't think the "BookS" terminology
> existed at the time of most of these earlier CPUs.  However, these
> days the majority of 7xx chips are probably in embedded applications,
> even if they weren't designed for an embedded chip line.

The 'ne' in the original name was probably meant to signify
not-BookE. So non_booke perhaps would work? The thing with calling it
books_common is that we're using BookS only for the 970 and upwards and
this function applies to 6xx, 7xx, 74xx as well.