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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 10:22:41 +0100 From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>, "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] arm64: advertise availability of CRC and crypto instructions @Russell, Nico, Care to share your opinion on this alternative approach to allocating hwcap feature bits for the ARMv8 Crypto Extensions for 32-bit ARM? Regards, Ard. On 23 December 2013 15:06, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote: > This series is a followup to the patch that was recently merged by Catalin that > allocates hwcaps bits for CRC and Crypto Extensions instructions so userland can > discover whether the current CPU has any of those capabilities. > > Patch #1 enables ARM support for the ELF_HWCAP2/AT_HWCAP2 ELF auxv entry that > was recently added to the kernel and glibc (2.18). It extends the feature bit > space to 64 bits (on 32-bit architectures) > > Patch #2 adds generic support for ELF_HWCAP2/AT_HWCAP2 to the 32-bit ELF compat > mode for 64-bit architectures. > > Patch #3 adds support for ELF_HWCAP2/AT_HWCAP2 to arm64's 32-bit ELF compat mode > > Patch #4 allocates the HWCAP2 bits in the arch/arm tree. This is necessary > because 32-bit ARM binaries can execute both under ARM and under arm64 kernels, > so there should be agreement about the meaning of feature bits, even if the ARM > kernel has no support yet for ARMv8 32-bit only hardware (such as ARMv8-R) > > Patch #5 advertises the CRC and Crypto Extensions to 32-bit ELF binaries running > under an arm64 kernel. > > v2 changes: > - omitted 2 arm64 specific patches that have already been merged by Catalin > - move ARM feature bits to HWCAP2 > > Ard Biesheuvel (5): > ARM: add support for AT_HWCAP2 ELF auxv entry > binfmt_elf: add ELF_HWCAP2 to compat auxv entries > arm64: add AT_HWCAP2 support for 32-bit compat > ARM: introduce HWCAP2 feature bits for ARMv8 Crypto Extensions > arm64: advertise ARMv8 extensions to 32-bit compat ELF binaries > > arch/arm/include/asm/hwcap.h | 3 ++- > arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 9 +++++++++ > arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 9 ++++++++- > arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > fs/compat_binfmt_elf.c | 5 +++++ > 6 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > -- > 1.8.3.2 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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