Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] ARM: rust: Enable Rust support for ARMv4T

From: Karl Mehltretter

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 21:22:24 EST


On Thu, Oct 08, 2026 at 11:08:52AM +0100, Gary Guo wrote:
> > +============= ================ ======================================================
> > Architecture Level of support Constraints
> > -============= ================ ==============================================
> > -``arm`` Maintained ARMv5TE, ARMv6K and ARMv7, Little Endian only.
> > +============= ================ ======================================================
> > +``arm`` Maintained ARMv4T, ARMv5TE, ARMv6K and ARMv7, Little Endian only.
>
> Can we say "ARMv4T or above" or something similar?
>

Plain ARMv6 (CPU_V6, ARM1136r0) and ARMv7-M stay excluded, so "or above"
alone would cover too much. It could be

ARMv4T and above except plain ARMv6 and ARMv7-M, Little Endian only.

That is longer than the list. I can change it if there is a preference
for this form.

Thanks,
Karl