Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/aarch64/aarch64

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 12:57:44PM +0200, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > BE32 binaries are no longer supported for ARMv7 and later, and
> > therefore for aarch64eb.
> > 
> > Reject them with ENOEXEC, rather than causing illegal instruction
> > exceptions due to unexpected binary format.

> Not supported in general or on NetBSD? Big Endian 32bit is supported on
> Cavium ThunderX (at least on a selection of models if not all of them).

The new supported format is BE-8 (BE-32 is the legacy format used for big
endian arm upto v4). All newer arm either were LE only or supported BE-8 and
little endian.

Martin