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From: cov@codeaurora.org (Christopher Covington)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: angel_SWI_ARM
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:48:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52025020.1020506@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANEcUBW2OsQqN_Cm_9ThJmcmNB5oQfNvqNi_MU+DsCNAPJtaFQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 08/07/2013 06:57 AM, zhaobin xv wrote:
> Hello
> when I read linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
> I can't understand :
>  mrs    r2, cpsr        @ get current mode
>         tst    r2, #3            @ not user?
>         bne    not_angel
>         mov    r0, #0x17        @ angel_SWIreason_EnterSVC
>         swi    0x123456        @ angel_SWI_ARM
> I want to know :
> a) what is angel_SWI_ARM
> b) what is angel debuger
> c)Do the code " swi    0x123456 " make interrupt what make program
> jump to addr 0x0000 0008
> ,but addr 0x0000 0008 doesn't initialize.

Angel is ARM's semihosting interface.

http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.dui0471c/CHDJHHDI.html

HTH,
Christopher

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-07 13:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-07 10:57 angel_SWI_ARM zhaobin xv
2013-08-07 13:48 ` Christopher Covington [this message]
2013-08-08 18:13   ` angel_SWI_ARM Dave Martin

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