This patch adds extra inline functions to change the Program Priority
Register from ISA 2.07.
2015-08-19 Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
* sysdeps/powerpc/sys/platform/ppc.h (__ppc_set_ppr_med_high,
__ppc_set_ppr_very_low): New functions.
* manual/platform.texi: Add documentation about
__ppc_set_ppr_med_high and __ppc_set_ppr_very_low.
Adapts __ppc_get_timebase to the upcoming GCC 4.8 that provides
__builtin_ppc_get_timebase. Building applicationns with previous
versions of GCC will continue to use the internal implementation.
[BZ #13743]
A new class of installed headers has been documented for low-level
platform-specific functionality. PowerPC added the first instance with a
function to provide time base register access (__ppc_get_timebase). This
is required for applications that measure time at high frequencies with
high precision that can't afford a syscall.