[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] armv8: update to use armv8-a tune

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:17 AM, akuster808 <akuster808 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 07/31/2017 12:04 PM, Khem Raj wrote:
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>> On 7/31/17 10:51 AM, Mark Hatle wrote:
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>>> On 7/31/17 12:40 PM, akuster808 wrote:
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>>>> On 07/31/2017 10:31 AM, Mark Hatle wrote:
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>>>>> On 7/31/17 12:16 PM, Armin Kuster wrote:
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>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Armin Kuster <akuster808 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>   meta/conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc | 25
>>>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>   1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc
>>>>>> b/meta/conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc
>>>>>> index 5e832fa..dc1ba5e 100644
>>>>>> --- a/meta/conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc
>>>>>> +++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv8.inc
>>>>>> @@ -1 +1,26 @@
>>>>>> +DEFAULTTUNE ?= "armv8-a"
>>>>>
>>>>> do we want the '-a'?  The other arm (7) are of the format armv7a (no
>>>>> '-').
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>>>> works for me either way.
>>>>
>>>> While we are at it. How would we want ‘armv8.1-a’, ‘armv8.2-a’,
>>>> ‘armv8.3-a'
>>>> formated as?
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>>> My preference is to drop the '-'.  As for the '.', I'm not sure.. not
>>> something
>>> we've run across before.
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>>> We could just drop it (the '.'), but it really depends on if armv81a
>>> would
>>> confuse someone (familiar with arm) or not.
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>> I would suggest to also sync  with other distros and ensure that we dont
>> do something different. Its very costly later. Since applications get
>> ported to most common combination
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> Sync what part? naming of file? ( sorry lost regarding your comment)

naming convention for arch e.g.