Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ARM: remove ARM710 specific assembler code | From | Paul Bolle <> | Date | Fri, 16 May 2014 16:50:41 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2014-05-16 at 13:55 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > There was a CPU called the ARM710, it was ARMv3 and it had no Thumb support. > > There is also a CPU called the ARM710T, which is ARMv4 and has Thumb support. > > These are two completely different CPUs, the former was removed along with > the removal of ARMv3 support. The latter remains because we still support > ARMv4.
Thanks for taking the time to explain this. Next time I hope to be more aware of the possibility of important differences between ARM CPUs that have rather similar names.
Paul Bolle
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