Thread (65 messages) 65 messages, 7 authors, 2015-12-05

[PATCH v6 01/19] arm64:ilp32: add documentation on the ILP32 ABI for ARM64

From: Zhangjian Bamvor <hidden>
Date: 2015-11-18 08:16:31
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Hi, Yury

On 2015/11/18 5:16, Yury Norov wrote:
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From: Philipp Tomsich <redacted>

Based on Andrew Pinski's original patch-series and adapted with changes
to reduce the duplication of code-paths and resolve issue found during
LTP testing.

Reviewed-by: David Daney <redacted>


Signed-off-by: Philipp Tomsich <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Muellner <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Pinski <redacted>
---
 Documentation/arm64/ilp32.txt | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/arm64/ilp32.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/ilp32.txt b/Documentation/arm64/ilp32.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93c09f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/ilp32.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+ILP32 AARCH64 SYSCALL ABI
+=========================
+Written by Andrew Pinski <apinski@cavium.com>
+Updated by Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich@theobroma-systems.com>
+Updated by Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com>
+
+
+This document describes the ILP32 syscall ABI and where it differs
+from the generic linux syscall interface.
+
+Some structures are changed to reduce the difference in the code path
+for both ILP32 and LP64 ABIs for signal handling.
Given that user may upgrade from aarch32 to ILP32. How about add abi
comparison between aarch32 and aarch64 ilp32?

Regards

Bamvor
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