• ARMv8 backwards compatibility with ARMv7

    Farhan
    Farhan

    Hi there,

    I have been going through a lot of ARMv8 documents, and I have a very basic question:

    -Can I take a Linux Kernel, compiled for a ARMv7 device, and run it on an ARMv8 device in Aarch32 execution mode?

    ( Lets assume that the two SOCs are identical…

    • Answered
    • over 5 years ago
    • Processors
    • Cortex-A / A-Profile forum
  • Critical interrupts

    Michael Williams
    Michael Williams

    In software there are often cases where you need to have critical interrupts serviced. For example, for:

    • Code profiling
    • Kernel debugging
    • Watchdog handling
    • Error handling.

    With the ARMv7-M architecture this can be achieved using nested interrupt handlers, but…

    • over 5 years ago
    • Processors
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