[PATCH] ARM: Add SWP/SWPB emulation for ARMv7 processors (v6)
Kirill A. Shutemov
kirill at shutemov.name
Mon Jul 19 17:26:13 EDT 2010
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:02:12PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> 2010/7/19 Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill at shutemov.name>:
>
> > Why do we need this? Why do not just fix broken programs?
>
> People tend to use some third-party precompiled binaries, some of
> them compiled with a compiler using SWP.
>
> A typical example is the CDC Java runtime, JRE.
I think beter to describe it in commit message.
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Kirill A. Shutemov
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