[OE-core] [PATCH] ARMv8-A: Add tune for AArch32 state and AArch64 state

[Khem Raj]

> On Mar 30, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Andre McCurdy <armccurdy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Is it really ‘onwards’ or just cortexa9 was an exception. Can you
>> point to some documentation on it ?
> 
> Nothing very concrete. The ARM Cortex-A Series Programmer’s Guide for
> ARMv8-A mentions:
> 
> "Both floating-point and NEON are required in all standard ARMv8
> implementations. However, implementations targeting specialized
> markets may support the following combinations:
> 
> - No NEON or floating-point.
> - Full floating-point and SIMD support with exception trapping.
> - Full floating-point and SIMD support without exception trapping.
> 

this means nothing changes for ARM ABIs from v7 to v8 question is do we care
enough for these offshoots.

> http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.den0024a/CJHECGIH.html
> 
> 


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