On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:29:06PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:

Russell King - ARM Linux [off-list ref] writes:

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:10:02PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:

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Russell King - ARM Linux [off-list ref] writes:

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:38:53AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

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I suggested using -mcpu=cortex-a15 because there are old gcc versions
that don't know about -march=armv7ve or -march=armv7-a+idiv yet, but
that do understand -mcpu=cortex-a15.

That's not all.  The bigger problem is that there are toolchains out
there which accept these options, but do _not_ support IDIV in either
ARM or Thumb mode.  I'm afraid that makes it impossible to add this
feature to the mainline kernel in this form: we need to run a test
build to check that -march=armv7ve or what-not really does work
through both GCC and GAS.

If the compiler accepts the option but doesn't actually emit any div
instructions, is there any real harm?

That's not what I've found.  I've found that asking the assembler
to accept idiv instructions appears to be ignored, which is something
completely different.

Further to this, what it comes down to is the stupid idea that the
compiler should embed .arch / .cpu in the assembly output, which has
the effect of overriding the command line arguments given to it via
-Wa.  So, giving -Wa,-mcpu=cortex-a15 is a total no-op, because the
first thing in the assembly output is:

	.arch armv7-a

which kills off any attempt to set the assembly level ISA from the
command line.

Oh, you mean the compiler knows about the instructions but the assembler
doesn't or isn't passed the right options.  It's infuriating when that
happens.

No, that isn't what I meant.

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