[PATCH] arm64: Add support for Half precision floating point
Suzuki K Poulose
suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Tue Jan 26 07:52:46 PST 2016
ARMv8.2 extensions [1] include an optional feature, which supports
half precision(16bit) floating point/asimd data processing
instructions. This patch adds support for detecting and exposing
the same to the userspace via HWCAPs
[1] https://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/2016/01/05/armv8-a-architecture-evolution
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 2 ++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 2 ++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
index 361c8a8..a739287 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@
#define HWCAP_SHA2 (1 << 6)
#define HWCAP_CRC32 (1 << 7)
#define HWCAP_ATOMICS (1 << 8)
+#define HWCAP_FPHP (1 << 9)
+#define HWCAP_ASIMDHP (1 << 10)
#endif /* _UAPI__ASM_HWCAP_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 5c90aa4..798898e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -673,7 +673,9 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_hwcaps[] = {
HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1, ID_AA64ISAR0_CRC32_SHIFT, 1, CAP_HWCAP, HWCAP_CRC32),
HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1, ID_AA64ISAR0_ATOMICS_SHIFT, 2, CAP_HWCAP, HWCAP_ATOMICS),
HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, ID_AA64PFR0_FP_SHIFT, 0, CAP_HWCAP, HWCAP_FP),
+ HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, ID_AA64PFR0_FP_SHIFT, 1, CAP_HWCAP, HWCAP_FPHP),
HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, ID_AA64PFR0_ASIMD_SHIFT, 0, CAP_HWCAP, HWCAP_ASIMD),
+ HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, ID_AA64PFR0_ASIMD_SHIFT, 1, CAP_HWCAP, HWCAP_ASIMDHP),
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_ISAR5_EL1, ID_ISAR5_AES_SHIFT, 2, CAP_COMPAT_HWCAP2, COMPAT_HWCAP2_PMULL),
HWCAP_CAP(SYS_ID_ISAR5_EL1, ID_ISAR5_AES_SHIFT, 1, CAP_COMPAT_HWCAP2, COMPAT_HWCAP2_AES),
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index 212ae63..05523f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static const char *const hwcap_str[] = {
"sha2",
"crc32",
"atomics",
+ "fphp",
+ "asimdhp",
NULL
};
--
1.7.9.5
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