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From: Eric BENARD <ebenard@free.fr>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:08:49 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] ARM cores
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Hi,

On 24/01/2011 16:57, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> For example, some video decoders have specific code to use NEON
> instructions, but those instructions are not available on Cortex-A8
> cores for example.
>
NEON (and VFP) is a feature of cortex A8 :
http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a8.php

It's optional on A5 & A9 but not on A8.

Eric