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Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: cpuinfo: add AArch64 & elf platform for app
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To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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在 2016/5/19 18:49, Catalin Marinas 写道:
> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 10:44:33AM +0800, x00195127 wrote:
>> we find that some apps will read cpuinfo when start up,
>> they need the string  as follows:
>> "Processor       : AArch64 Processor rev 0 (aarch64)"
>>
>> Then thay could load the corresponding libs. But now
>> arm64 platform's cpuinfo don't has this now, so
>> we need add this.
>
> I have the same question as Martinez: what are those apps? If they are
> 64-bit apps, they can always assume AArch64 processor.
>

Those are 32-bit apps, and those apps are very popular in our country.