From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Hayward Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/28] arm64/sve: Backend logic for setting the vector length Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:08:21 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1504198860-12951-1-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> <1504198860-12951-15-git-send-email-Dave.Martin@arm.com> <20170920110902.GG24231@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from mail-eopbgr00086.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.107.0.86]:23488 "EHLO EUR02-AM5-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751283AbdITSIY (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:08:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20170920110902.GG24231@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> Content-Language: en-US Content-ID: Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Dave Martin Cc: Dave P Martin , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "libc-alpha@sourceware.org" , "gdb@sourceware.org" 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