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@ 2015-03-18  9:49 Zhang Jian
  2015-03-18  9:49 ` [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v2 1/5] aarch64: add big endian(aarch64_be) support Zhang Jian
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From: Zhang Jian @ 2015-03-18  9:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
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This is second version of my patches. This previous version is here[1].
The previous discussion, Gustavo agree that only external toolchain is in
consideration at this time. I will try to work on the buildroot toolchain
after current series patch is upstreamed.

ILP32 is very useful when the user want to migrate from arm 32bit to 64bit
with minimal risk. There is no code changes and almost no footprint changes
after migration. ILP32 could get the better performance compare with arm 32bit
(use 64bit register and instruction instead of 32bit one) and aarch64 LP64
(aarch64 default ABI).

Our test show that the performance of ILP32 is roughly 10% better than arm64
LP64 while the footprint is 86% of LP64. Because of these, It is useful for
both embedded and enterprise system.

Here is the details definition of ILP32:
ILP32 is elf32 with aarch64 assembly and is compiled by 64bit compiler.
Refer the following table:

  \-            |  arm 32bit  | arm64 ILP32 | arm64 LP64
----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------
instruction set |   armv7-a   |   armv8-a   |   armv8-a
int             |   32bit     |   32bit     |   32bit
long            |   32bit     | **32bit**   |   64bit
pointer         |   32bit     | **32bit**   |   64bit

LP64 is the default ABI on arm64(Implies -mabi=lp64 while compiling), and the
kernel remains in LP64 no matter ILP32 enables or not.

These series patches introduce the big endian support in aarch64 and then add
ILP32 special filename and menuconfig step by step.

The test of build is based on linaro kernel [2] and toolchain built by linaro
ABE environment[3], anyone could built this toolchain through the simpile
abe script.

This is my first time I try to contribute the buildroot, feedback is very
appreciated. Sorry if there are some coding style issues.

changes since v1
1.  avoid mabi issue in gcc 4.8 while build aarch64 lp64.
2.  change default libc, toolchain for ilp32 build.
3.  others changes suggested by Gustavo.

[1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2015-March/122115.html
[2] https://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-tracking.git
[3] https://wiki.linaro.org/ABE

Zhang Jian(Bamvor) (5):
  aarch64: add big endian(aarch64_be) support
  aarch64: ilp32: handle special file name
  aarch64: ilp32: add ilp32 compiler and linker flags
  aarch64: ilp32: add ilp32 build config
  aarch64: ilp32 defconfig examples

 Makefile                                           | 11 +++++-
 arch/Config.in                                     | 12 +++++--
 arch/Config.in.aarch64                             | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 configs/aarch64_be_defconfig                       |  2 ++
 configs/aarch64_be_ilp32_defconfig                 |  8 +++++
 configs/aarch64_ilp32_defconfig                    |  8 +++++
 package/Makefile.in                                | 10 +++++-
 package/gcc/Config.in.host                         |  3 +-
 toolchain/Config.in                                |  2 ++
 toolchain/helpers.mk                               |  4 +--
 toolchain/toolchain-buildroot/Config.in            | 27 +++++++-------
 toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in             | 20 +++++++++++
 toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 13 files changed, 165 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 configs/aarch64_be_defconfig
 create mode 100644 configs/aarch64_be_ilp32_defconfig
 create mode 100644 configs/aarch64_ilp32_defconfig

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1.8.4.5

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2015-03-18  9:49 ` [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v2 1/5] aarch64: add big endian(aarch64_be) support Zhang Jian
2015-04-10 12:24   ` Gustavo Zacarias
2015-03-18  9:49 ` [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v2 2/5] aarch64: ilp32: handle special file name Zhang Jian
2015-04-10 12:35   ` Gustavo Zacarias
2015-04-13 10:12     ` Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-04-13 10:16       ` Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-03-18  9:49 ` [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v2 3/5] aarch64: ilp32: add ilp32 compiler and linker flags Zhang Jian
2015-04-10 12:36   ` Gustavo Zacarias
2015-04-13 10:06     ` Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-03-18  9:49 ` [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v2 4/5] aarch64: ilp32: add ilp32 build config Zhang Jian
2015-04-10 12:46   ` Gustavo Zacarias
2015-04-13 10:02     ` Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-03-18  9:49 ` [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v2 5/5] aarch64: ilp32 defconfig examples Zhang Jian
2015-04-10  9:16 ` [Buildroot] [RFC PATCH v2 0/5] Add ILP32 support in aarch64 Bamvor Jian Zhang
2015-07-12 16:45 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2015-07-13  2:21   ` Zhangjian

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