Subject: Re: Possible bug in arm32 strongarm optimisations.
To: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 11/01/2000 20:57:04
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Richard Earnshaw wrote:

> > > The solution is to use -mcpu=arm7m -mtune=strongarm.
> > >
> >
> > 	Just to confirm - that is more appropriate than mcpu=armv4?
> >
>
> Yes; -mcpu=armv4 will produce code that can run incorrectly on Acorn
> machines since the bus cannot handle half-word operations.  (This includes
> machines fitted with Kinetic cards -- since even these need to access the
> system bus at times).

	Sorry - typo, I meant to ask if that is more appropriate than
	armv3m.

                David/absolute
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