Difference between revisions of "Unit PlatformARMv8"
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− | + | The ARMv8 does not support the SWP/SWPB instructions for syncronisation (Lock/Mutex/Semaphore etc) unless enabled. | |
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+ | On ARMv8 Unaligned memory access is always enabled. | ||
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+ | On ARMv8 the Extended Page Table format is always enabled. | ||
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+ | For usage of barriers (DMB/DSB/ISB) after cache maintenance operations see: ARM.Reference_Manual_1.pdf - Appendix G Barrier Litmus Tests | ||
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+ | Note: This unit currently only supports ARMv8 in Aarch32 mode, support for Aarch64 mode will be added in future. | ||
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Revision as of 04:42, 10 November 2016
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Description
The ARMv8 does not support the SWP/SWPB instructions for syncronisation (Lock/Mutex/Semaphore etc) unless enabled.
On ARMv8 Unaligned memory access is always enabled.
On ARMv8 the Extended Page Table format is always enabled.
For usage of barriers (DMB/DSB/ISB) after cache maintenance operations see: ARM.Reference_Manual_1.pdf - Appendix G Barrier Litmus Tests
Note: This unit currently only supports ARMv8 in Aarch32 mode, support for Aarch64 mode will be added in future.
Constants
To be documented
Type definitions
To be documented
Public variables
To be documented
Function declarations
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