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Enabling NEON for armv7l. Also use a common platform for armv7.

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I added some comments about our decision for fpu flags. It's about the boards
we have in mind to support. NVidia Tegra2 is out, because it lacks neon.
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Lluís Batlle i Rossell 2015-05-10 10:59:29 +00:00
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@ -214,12 +214,9 @@ rec {
};
};
raspberrypi2 = {
raspberrypi2 = armv7l-hf-multiplatform // {
name = "raspberrypi2";
kernelMajor = "3.14";
kernelHeadersBaseConfig = "multi_v7_defconfig";
kernelBaseConfig = "bcm2709_defconfig";
kernelArch = "arm";
kernelDTB = true;
kernelAutoModules = false;
kernelExtraConfig =
@ -294,16 +291,6 @@ rec {
'';
kernelTarget = "zImage";
uboot = null;
gcc = {
# For gcc 4.8, the best for rpi2 would be:
# cpu = "cortex-a7";
# fpu = "neon-vfpv4";
# But we prefer compatibility with the beaglebone, so both
# can run the same built store paths.
arch = "armv7-a";
fpu = "vfpv3-d16";
float = "hard";
};
};
guruplug = sheevaplug // {
@ -467,38 +454,47 @@ rec {
gcc.arch = "loongson2f";
};
beaglebone = {
beaglebone = armv7l-hf-multiplatform // {
name = "beaglebone";
kernelMajor = "2.6";
kernelHeadersBaseConfig = "multi_v7_defconfig";
kernelBaseConfig = "omap2plus_defconfig";
kernelArch = "arm";
kernelAutoModules = false;
kernelExtraConfig = ""; # TBD kernel config
kernelTarget = "zImage";
uboot = null;
gcc = {
arch = "armv7-a";
fpu = "vfpv3-d16";
float = "hard";
};
};
armv7l-hf-multiplatform = {
name = "armv7l-hf-multiplatform";
kernelMajor = "2.6";
kernelMajor = "2.6"; # Using "2.6" enables 2.6 kernel syscalls in glibc.
kernelHeadersBaseConfig = "multi_v7_defconfig";
kernelBaseConfig = "multi_v7_defconfig";
kernelArch = "arm";
kernelDTB = true;
kernelAutoModules = false;
kernelExtraConfig = "";
kernelTarget = "zImage";
kernelDTB = true;
uboot = null;
kernelTarget = "zImage";
gcc = {
# Some table about fpu flags:
# http://community.arm.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1981-3827/blogentry-103749-004812900+1365712953_thumb.png
# Cortex-A5: -mfpu=neon-fp16
# Cortex-A7 (rpi2): -mfpu=neon-vfpv4
# Cortex-A8 (beaglebone): -mfpu=neon
# Cortex-A9: -mfpu=neon-fp16
# Cortex-A15: -mfpu=neon-vfpv4
# More about FPU:
#https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort/VfpComparison
# We try to be compatible with beaglebone by now
arch = "armv7-a";
fpu = "vfpv3-d16";
fpu = "neon";
float = "hard";
# For Raspberry Pi the 2 the best would be:
# cpu = "cortex-a7";
# fpu = "neon-vfpv4";
};
};
}