Re: [PATCH] ARM: do not assemble iwmmxt.S with LLVM toolchain

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:01 PM Russell King - ARM Linux admin
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 12:23:38PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 5:33 AM Russell King - ARM Linux admin
> > <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > For older CPUs, it doesn't matter what the latest ARM ARM says, the
> > > appropriate version of the ARM ARM is the one relevant for the CPU
> > > architecture.  This is a mistake frequently made, and it's been pointed
> > > out by Arm Ltd in the past (before ARMv6 even came on the scene) that
> > > keeping older revisions is necessary if you want to be interested in
> > > the older architectures.
> >
> > As if it never existed *waves hands*.  Interesting.  Does ARM still
> > distribute these older reference manuals? Do you keep copies of the
> > older revisions?
>
> I keep copies of every document I've needed that I'm allowed to keep
> as a general rule, including the early paper copies of the ARM
> architecture reference manual. I even have the original VLSI ARM2
> databook.
>
> For the ARMv5TE architecture, you're looking for DDI0100E which can be
> found via google.

Russell, Arnd found
http://read.pudn.com/downloads78/ebook/297953/WirlessMMX251669_devguide.pdf
"Intel Wireless MMX Technology - Developer Guide - August, 2002".

I thought you might be interested in fetching a copy for historical reference.
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers