linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH v2] arm64: Exposes support for 32-bit syscalls

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Message-ID: <20210212123515.GC6057@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:35:15 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
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Subject: Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH v2] arm64: Exposes support for 32-bit syscalls

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:30:41AM +0000, Steven Price wrote:
> On 11/02/2021 20:21, sonicadvance1@...il.com wrote:

> > Why do we need compatibility layers?
> > There are ARMv8 CPUs that only support AArch64 but still need to run
> > AArch32 applications.
> > Cortex-A34/R82 and other cores are prime examples of this.
> > Additionally if a user is needing to run legacy 32-bit x86 software, it
> > needs the same compatibility layer.

> Unless I'm much mistaken QEMU's user mode already does this - admittedly I
> don't tend to run "legacy 32-bit x86 software".

Yes, this has been deployed on Debian for a long time - you can install
any combination of Debian architectures on a single system and it will
use qemu to run binaries that can't be supported natively by the
hardware.

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