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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2012, 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+#ifndef CPU_PPC_VM_VM_VERSION_PPC_HPP
+#define CPU_PPC_VM_VM_VERSION_PPC_HPP
+
+#include "runtime/globals_extension.hpp"
+#include "runtime/vm_version.hpp"
+
+class VM_Version: public Abstract_VM_Version {
+protected:
+  enum Feature_Flag {
+    fsqrt,
+    isel,
+    lxarxeh,
+    cmpb,
+    popcntb,
+    popcntw,
+    fcfids,
+    vand,
+    dcba,
+    num_features // last entry to count features
+  };
+  enum Feature_Flag_Set {
+    unknown_m             = 0,
+    fsqrt_m               = (1 << fsqrt  ),
+    isel_m                = (1 << isel   ),
+    lxarxeh_m             = (1 << lxarxeh),
+    cmpb_m                = (1 << cmpb   ),
+    popcntb_m             = (1 << popcntb),
+    popcntw_m             = (1 << popcntw),
+    fcfids_m              = (1 << fcfids ),
+    vand_m                = (1 << vand   ),
+    dcba_m                = (1 << dcba   ),
+    all_features_m        = -1
+  };
+  static int  _features;
+  static int  _measured_cache_line_size;
+  static const char* _features_str;
+  static bool _is_determine_features_test_running;
+
+  static void print_features();
+  static void determine_features(); // also measures cache line size
+  static void determine_section_size();
+  static void power6_micro_bench();
+public:
+  // Initialization
+  static void initialize();
+
+  static bool is_determine_features_test_running() { return _is_determine_features_test_running; }
+  // CPU instruction support
+  static bool has_fsqrt()   { return (_features & fsqrt_m) != 0; }
+  static bool has_isel()    { return (_features & isel_m) != 0; }
+  static bool has_lxarxeh() { return (_features & lxarxeh_m) !=0; }
+  static bool has_cmpb()    { return (_features & cmpb_m) != 0; }
+  static bool has_popcntb() { return (_features & popcntb_m) != 0; }
+  static bool has_popcntw() { return (_features & popcntw_m) != 0; }
+  static bool has_fcfids()  { return (_features & fcfids_m) != 0; }
+  static bool has_vand()    { return (_features & vand_m) != 0; }
+  static bool has_dcba()    { return (_features & dcba_m) != 0; }
+
+  static const char* cpu_features() { return _features_str; }
+
+  static int get_cache_line_size()  { return _measured_cache_line_size; }
+
+  // Assembler testing
+  static void allow_all();
+  static void revert();
+};
+
+#endif // CPU_PPC_VM_VM_VERSION_PPC_HPP