[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 08/17] uclibc: context functions are not Thumb-compatible

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 03/19/16 19:07, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 17:20:09 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
[snip]
>> uclibc: context functions are not Thumb-compatible
>>
>> On platforms that do support the ARM instruction set, there is no problem, as
>> the context functions are built unconditionally in ARM mode.
>>
>> However, on platforms that only support the Thumb instruction set, the context
>> functions cannot be built since the assembler code is not Thumb-ready.
>> Therefore, these functions must be disabled. All Thumb1 platforms support ARM
>> instructions, so this is only relevant for Thumb2 platforms (i.e., Cortex-M).
>
> I would do: "only relevant for Thumb2-only platforms". Cortex-A is a
> Thumb2 platform, but does not have any problem as it also supports the
> ARM instruction set.

  Right!

  Regards,
  Arnout



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