Re: [PATCH] ARM: do not assemble iwmmxt.S with LLVM toolchain

From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin
Date: Mon Apr 13 2020 - 17:01:52 EST


On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 12:23:38PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 5:33 AM Russell King - ARM Linux admin
> <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > For older CPUs, it doesn't matter what the latest ARM ARM says, the
> > appropriate version of the ARM ARM is the one relevant for the CPU
> > architecture. This is a mistake frequently made, and it's been pointed
> > out by Arm Ltd in the past (before ARMv6 even came on the scene) that
> > keeping older revisions is necessary if you want to be interested in
> > the older architectures.
>
> As if it never existed *waves hands*. Interesting. Does ARM still
> distribute these older reference manuals? Do you keep copies of the
> older revisions?

I keep copies of every document I've needed that I'm allowed to keep
as a general rule, including the early paper copies of the ARM
architecture reference manual. I even have the original VLSI ARM2
databook.

For the ARMv5TE architecture, you're looking for DDI0100E which can be
found via google.

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