[RFC PATCH 2/3] ARM: iwmmxt: Port problematic iwmmxt support code to v7/Thumb-2

Dave Martin dave.martin at linaro.org
Thu Sep 8 07:33:54 EDT 2011


On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 10:01:22AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:58:00AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > I take pj4 and older platforms can never be built in the same kernel?
> > Otherwise, this approach is totally broken anyway-- we'll generate code
> > which won't run on some of the kernel's supported platforms.
> 
> We have a well enforced split between ARMv5 and older CPUs, and ARMv6
> and later CPUs.

Good point -- OK, I guess we don't need to worry about that scenario.

Cheers
---Dave



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