[PATCH] Documentation (arm64):Advanced SIMD and floating point support condition

From: Xiquan Zhang
Date: Mon Apr 07 2025 - 23:35:31 EST


From: zhangyu <zhangyu550@xxxxxxxxxx>

Because the kernel code cannot be started from el1
according to the booting.rst.
It is found that CPTR_EL2.FPEN is not configured.
After the configuration, the problem is solved.

Signed-off-by: zhangyu <zhangyu550@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: zhangxiquan <zhangxiquan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst
index dee7b6de864f..ccefc42b51bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met:
- If EL2 is present and the kernel is entered at EL1:

- CPTR_EL2.TFP (bit 10) must be initialised to 0b0.
+ - CPTR_EL2.FPEN (bit 21:20) must be initialised to 0b11.

For CPUs with the Scalable Vector Extension (FEAT_SVE) present:

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