linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: cpuinfo: add AArch64 & elf platform for app compatibility

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Message-ID: <20160519104925.GL22378@e104818-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 11:49:26 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	x00195127 <saberlily.xia@...ilicon.com>
Cc:	will.deacon@....com, puck.chen@...ilicon.com,
	suzhuangluan@...ilicon.com, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: cpuinfo: add AArch64 & elf platform for app
 compatibility

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 10:44:33AM +0800, x00195127 wrote:
> we find that some apps will read cpuinfo when start up,
> they need the string  as follows:
> "Processor       : AArch64 Processor rev 0 (aarch64)"
> 
> Then thay could load the corresponding libs. But now
> arm64 platform's cpuinfo don't has this now, so
> we need add this.

I have the same question as Martinez: what are those apps? If they are
64-bit apps, they can always assume AArch64 processor.

-- 
Catalin