This patch introduces command-line support for the Armv8.6-a architecture and assembly support for BFloat16. Details can be found
https://community.arm.com/developer/ip-products/processors/b/processors-ip-blog/posts/arm-architecture-developments-armv8-6-a
in addition to the GCC patch for the 8..6-a CLI:
https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc-patches/2019-11/msg02647.html
In detail this patch
- march options for armv8.6-a
- BFloat16 assembly
This is part of a patch series, starting with command-line and Bfloat16
assembly support. The subsequent patches will upstream intrinsics
support for BFloat16, followed by Matrix Multiplication and the
remaining Virtualization features of the armv8.6-a architecture.
Based on work by:
- labrinea
- MarkMurrayARM
- Luke Cheeseman
- Javed Asbar
- Mikhail Maltsev
- Luke Geeson
Can you be more specific, what are we missing here?
Hmm, now I see the same above: "FIXME: Armv8.5 makes some extensions mandatory. Handle them here."
While you're at it, can you also change that?