docs: arm: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst

2019-07-15T12:20:24+00:00

Converts ARM the text files to ReST, preparing them to be an architecture book. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs; - fix tables markups; - add some lists markups; - mark literal blocks; - adjust title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Reviewed-by Corentin Labbe # For sun4i-ss

ARM: 8833/1: Ensure that NEON code always compiles with Clang

2019-02-12T15:20:09+00:00

While building arm32 allyesconfig, I ran into the following errors: arch/arm/lib/xor-neon.c:17:2: error: You should compile this file with '-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon' In file included from lib/raid6/neon1.c:27: /home/nathan/cbl/prebuilt/lib/clang/8.0.0/include/arm_neon.h:28:2: error: "NEON support not enabled" Building V=1 showed NEON_FLAGS getting passed along to Clang but __ARM_NEON__ was not getting defined. Ultimately, it boils down to Clang only defining __ARM_NEON__ when targeting armv7, rather than armv6k, which is the '-march' value for allyesconfig. >From lib/Basic/Targets/ARM.cpp in the Clang source: // This only gets set when Neon instructions are actually available, unlike // the VFP define, hence the soft float and arch check. This is subtly // different from gcc, we follow the intent which was that it should be set // when Neon instructions are actually available. if ((FPU & NeonFPU) && !SoftFloat && ArchVersion >= 7) { Builder.defineMacro("__ARM_NEON", "1"); Builder.defineMacro("__ARM_NEON__"); // current AArch32 NEON implementations do not support double-precision // floating-point even when it is present in VFP. Builder.defineMacro("__ARM_NEON_FP", "0x" + Twine::utohexstr(HW_FP & ~HW_FP_DP)); } Ard Biesheuvel recommended explicitly adding '-march=armv7-a' at the beginning of the NEON_FLAGS definitions so that __ARM_NEON__ always gets definined by Clang. This doesn't functionally change anything because that code will only run where NEON is supported, which is implicitly armv7. Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/287 Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Reviewed-by: Stefan Agner Signed-off-by: Russell King

ARM: 7825/1: document the use of NEON in kernel mode

2013-08-25T16:09:48+00:00

Add a file to Documentation/arm explaining how kernel mode NEON is supposed to be used. Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Russell King

lwn.git/Documentation/arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt, branch docs-next

docs: arm: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst

ARM: 8833/1: Ensure that NEON code always compiles with Clang

ARM: 7825/1: document the use of NEON in kernel mode