• Starting with Arm assembly to obtain machine code

    t.d.garland100
    t.d.garland100

    I am trying to take an ARM LEGv8 assembly code to input into an assembler to obtain the machine code.  I have been searching for tutorials on this for using Eclispe, but I have not. Even successful.  I have only found tutorials on starring with the C code…

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • Enable MMU and d-cache on ARMv8 for u-boot

    pkumar25
    pkumar25

    Hi,
    This question is for MMU and d-cache. When I tried to enable MMU and d-cache for u-boot I ran into Synchronous Abort handler while writing to PCIe device registers which I mapped as uncached memory. The dump is shown below
    "Synchronous Abort" handler…

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • Transition to secure monitor flow on ARMv8

    Umair Khan
    Umair Khan

    Hi everyone,

    Wherever I go on internet, the thing I read is that when SMC instruction is executed an exception is generated, it takes you to the highest exception level (EL3) where secure monitor is running.

    In ARM v8 vector table, given on ARMv8-A architecture…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Aarch64 Port

    Birty
    Birty

    Hi all - not sure if this is the right place to ask, so feel free to remove if it isnt....

    Im looking to get some 32bit arm assembler code ported to the armv8 architecture and am struggling to find anyone to do this work. Could you point me at anybody…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Cortex A53 Debug using DSTREAM

    premchandh
    premchandh

    I am working with an S32V234 (NXP) branded ARMv8 Cortex-A53. I am trying to bring the board up in a secure way.I'm using DS-5 Development Studio Ultimate edition.I created a sample C Project. For flashing my code on that ARM Core.Firstly I Configured…

    • over 1 year ago
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  • Architecting a more Secure world with isolation and virtualization

    Berenice Mann
    Berenice Mann

    New Secure world architecture in Armv8.4

    Arm TrustZone was introduced to the Arm architecture A-profile in 2003. At the heart of the TrustZone approach is the concept of Secure and Normal worlds that are hardware separated. Secure hardware resources are…

    • over 1 year ago
    • Processors
    • Processors blog

  • Arm Cortex-M35P: multi-layered security at the heart of your device

    Diya Soubra
    Diya Soubra

    On Wednesday, 2nd May we announced a range of IP to protect silicon from physical attacks, extending our portfolio of Arm security IP to bring physical security within reach of any IoT product. Our new IP, all marked with a “P” tag for physical security…

    • over 2 years ago
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    • Research Articles

  • Security, the Fundamental Element in Next-Generation Networks

    Jim Wallace
    Jim Wallace

    Authors: Jim Wallace, Arm; Joseph Byrne, NXP

    It’s hard to imagine a day without relying on a computer or smartphone at work, when shopping or banking, chatting with friends, or even listening to music or watching a show. At the same time, it’s hard not…

    • over 2 years ago
    • Processors
    • Processors blog

  • The Arm Scalable Vector Extension (SVE)

    Stuart Biles
    Stuart Biles

    Published in IEEE Micro, Vol. 37, Issue. 2
    Authors: Nigel Stephens, Stuart Biles, Matthias Boettcher, Jacob Eapen, Mbou Eyole, Giacomo Gabrielli, Matt Horsnell, Grigorios Magklis, Alejandro Martinez, Nathanael Premillieu, Alastair Reid, Alejandro Rico,…

    • over 2 years ago
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    • Research Articles

  • Introducing 2017’s extensions to the Arm Architecture

    Matthew Gretton-Dann
    Matthew Gretton-Dann

    Introduction

    The Arm Architecture is continually evolving, and this blog gives a high-level overview of some of the changes made in Armv8.4-A*. We develop these changes by listening to the Arm Ecosystem and working with them to provide new functionality…

    • over 2 years ago
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    • Processors blog

  • ARMv8 Assembly Language IDE

    AnthonyPaulO
    AnthonyPaulO

    I'm currently using Windows Notepad to program my Raspberry Pi in assembly language and I run it through 'as' and 'ld' to create the binary output. I would like to use an editor that has syntax highlighting specific to the version of ARM I'm using (in…

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    • over 2 years ago
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  • Migration of assembly code to Arm Compiler 6

    Ronan Synnott
    Ronan Synnott

    With Arm Compiler 6, Arm has moved to an advanced, modern compiler based on LLVM and Clang technology. There are many reasons to migrate your C code to this compiler (see my colleague Paul's excellent discussion 'Link Time Optimization in Arm Compiler…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • Using Portable Stimulus in the Arm World: Creating bare-metal SW coherency scenarios

    Nick
    Nick

    In my last blog (Navigating SoC Verification with Perspec Portable Stimulus) I introduced the Accellera Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS) and how Cadence Perspec System Verifier supports the creation of portable baremetal Arm SoC integration tests using…

    • over 2 years ago
    • System
    • SoC Design blog

  • Development in Assembly Language

    AnthonyPaulO
    AnthonyPaulO

    Does anyone know where I can find the toolchain for developing apps on an A57 (Raspberry Pi 3) in Assembly Language? I am looking in particular for a Windows toolchain that will allow me to cross compile, but I'll take anything at this moment since all…

    • over 2 years ago
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  • Transition to secure monitor flow on ARMv8

    Umair Khan
    Umair Khan

    Hi everyone,

    Wherever I go on internet, the thing I read is that when SMC instruction is executed an exception is generated, it takes you to the highest exception level (EL3) where secure monitor is running.

    In ARM v8 vector table, given on ARMv8-A architecture…

    • Answered
    • over 2 years ago
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    • Cortex-A / A-Profile forum

  • ARMv7 Vs ARMv8 AArch32 Performance improvement

    arunsvasan
    arunsvasan

    Hello,

    I'm using an ARMv8 processor in 32 bit ARMv7 compatibility mode.

    I would like to know if there is any difference (performance gain) in ARMv8 running in AArch32 mode Vs running the same on an an ARMv7.

    Thanks!

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • Booting bare metal application on cortex A57 with u-boot

    Gokul
    Gokul

    Hi,

    I am using ARM cortex A-57 processor and I build image with my own startup code and ld script. The image is loaded with u-boot. When I tried booting the image, it is aborting with following message:

     

    ## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 48080000…
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    • over 3 years ago
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  • How to know if the processor is in EL0 state on armv8?

    Mughees
    Mughees

    Hi Fellows,

    I want to determine in code, if the processor is in EL0 mode or not. I read CurrentEL register to do this but if my code is running from EL0, it throws an exception since we can't access CurrentEL from EL0. Is there any alternative and easy…

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • Is any synchronization barrier instruction necessary after writing SPSel to switch to SP0 on armv8?

    Mughees
    Mughees

    Hi Fellows,

    I want to switch stack pointer to SP0 from SP1 every time an exception is taken to EL1 on armv8. I execute MSR  SPSel, #0 to do this. My question is that is it necessary to use an ISB intruction etc. after it? If yes, what are the performance…

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • What is the equivalent instruction for QSUB in ARMv8?

    Natesh Raina
    Natesh Raina

    This is sort of intriguing for me. I couldn't find any saturation instructions using  general purpose register in ARMv8. However, there are saturation instructions for Neon registers I couldn't find the same involving general purpose register. Can anyone…

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • ARMv8-M - toolchains / virtual platforms

    Pierre
    Pierre

    Hello,

    I would be interested to try the new features of the ARMv8-M architecture, in particular v8-M TrustZone, but I can't find necessary tools in order to do so.

    1. I need a toolchain that supports the new instructions introduced with v8-M (SG, BXNS…

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    • over 3 years ago
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  • Performance effect because of removing some instructions from ARMv8?

    Natesh Raina
    Natesh Raina

    I was going through the ARMv8 Architecture Reference Manual and I came to know that it does not support many instructions that were previously supported by ARMv7 architecture. For example ARMv8 does not support conditional codes and have a seperate instruction…

    • over 3 years ago
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  • ARMv8网上技术研讨会资料分享（更新研讨会视频MP4)

    Song Bin 宋斌
    Song Bin 宋斌
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    各位用户，

    本周，ARM上海的两位资深工程师:ARM技术服务事业部应用工程经理gdragon (范敏琳)和应用工程软件团队负责人zenonxiu (修志龙）, 为大家带来了一场精彩的关于ARMv8的技术研讨会，可能有很多用户不一定有时间现场参与，现在，请让我给大家分享相关资料，此次活动相关视频和后续Q&A问题，我会在此帖持续更新，请大家关注此帖，另外，如果您有其他的问题，欢迎在本帖下提问，我们会邀请两位专家抽时间位大家解答疑惑。谢谢

    研讨会主题介绍：让专家给您详细讲解ARMv8技术-网上研讨…

    • v8 webinar 4x3 - version 2 webinar Dec 8 2015.pdf
    • over 4 years ago
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  • Aarch32 app performance on ARMv8a device

    Sreenath P V
    Sreenath P V

    Hi ,

    I am running aarch32 app in ARMv8a( cortex-a57 ) device.  The performance reports ( using gettimeofday() utility ), showing  large spikes on random calls. But the same app on ARMv7a( cortex-a15 ) device is quite stable.

    Will the aarch32 library…

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    • over 4 years ago
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  • armv8汇编优化咨询

    刘长滔
    刘长滔

    arm工程师，你好！

         我想咨询一下，关于如何在编写armv8汇编代码时，借助arm中cache来提升汇编函数的效率？一般情况下能提升多少？是否有此相关的详细文档？谢谢！

    • over 4 years ago
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