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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt b/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt index 7169a0ec41d8..9940e924a47e 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt +++ b/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt @@ -34,6 +34,23 @@ model features for SVE is included in Appendix A. following sections: software that needs to verify that those interfaces are present must check for HWCAP_SVE instead. +* On hardware that supports the SVE2 extensions, HWCAP2_SVE2 will also + be reported in the AT_HWCAP2 aux vector entry. In addition to this, + optional extensions to SVE2 may be reported by the presence of: + + HWCAP2_SVE2 + HWCAP2_SVEAES + HWCAP2_SVEPMULL + HWCAP2_SVEBITPERM + HWCAP2_SVESHA3 + HWCAP2_SVESM4 + + This list may be extended over time as the SVE architecture evolves. + + These extensions are also reported via the CPU ID register ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1, + which userspace can read using an MRS instruction. See elf_hwcaps.txt and + cpu-feature-registers.txt for details. + * Debuggers should restrict themselves to interacting with the target via the NT_ARM_SVE regset. The recommended way of detecting support for this regset is to connect to a target process first and then attempt a |