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For example the <a href="https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/arm_holdings/microarchitectures/cortex-a32">coretex-a32</a> only +implements <code>aarch32</code>, while the <a href="https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/arm_holdings/microarchitectures/cortex-a34">coretex-a34</a> only implements +<code>aarch64</code>.</p> +<p>The execution states support different instruction sets.</p> +<ul> +<li><code>aarch64</code> only supports the new <a href="https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0602/latest"><code>A64</code></a> instruction set, where all +instructions have the fixed size of of 32 bits.</li> +<li><code>aarch32</code> supports the <a href="https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0597/latest"><code>A32</code></a> and <a href="https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0597/latest"><code>T32</code></a> instruction sets. These +are updated versions of the <code>armv7</code> instruction sets, kept backwards +compatible allowing <code>armv7</code> programs to run on <code>armv8</code>. +<blockquote> +<p>In <code>armv7</code> the instruction sets <code>A32</code> an <code>T32</code> were called <code>arm</code> and +<code>thumb</code> respectively.</p> +</blockquote> +</li> +</ul> +<p>A <em>program</em> always runs in either the <code>aarch64</code> or the <code>aarch32</code> execution +state, but never in a <em>mixture</em> of both. Transitions between execution states +only occur when raising or lowering the exception level.</p> +<ul> +<li><code>aarch64 -> aarch32</code> can only occur when switching from <em>higher EL</em> to <em>lower +EL</em>.</li> +<li><code>aarch32 -> aarch64</code> can only occur when switching from <em>lower EL</em> to <em>higher +EL</em>.</li> +</ul> +<p>The following figure depicts which execution state Transitions are allowed.</p> +<pre><code> (user) EL0 ^ | + (os) EL1 | 32->64 +(hypervisor) EL2 64->32 | + (secure) EL3 | v +</code></pre> +<p>This means for example, an <em>os</em> running in <code>aarch32</code> can only support <code>aarch32</code> +user applications, while an <em>os</em> running in <code>aarch64</code> can support +<code>aarch32 / aarch64</code> user applications.</p> + + </main> + + <nav class="nav-wrapper" aria-label="Page navigation"> + <!-- Mobile navigation buttons --> + <a rel="prev" href="../arch/x86_64.html" class="mobile-nav-chapters previous" title="Previous chapter" aria-label="Previous chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Left"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-left"></i> + </a> + + <a rel="next prefetch" href="../arch/arm64.html" class="mobile-nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i> + </a> + + <div style="clear: both"></div> + </nav> + </div> + </div> + + <nav class="nav-wide-wrapper" aria-label="Page navigation"> + <a rel="prev" href="../arch/x86_64.html" class="nav-chapters previous" title="Previous chapter" aria-label="Previous chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Left"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-left"></i> + </a> + + <a rel="next prefetch" href="../arch/arm64.html" class="nav-chapters next" title="Next chapter" aria-label="Next chapter" aria-keyshortcuts="Right"> + <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i> + </a> + </nav> + + </div> + + + + + <script> + window.playground_copyable = true; + </script> + + + <script src="../elasticlunr.min.js"></script> + <script src="../mark.min.js"></script> + <script src="../searcher.js"></script> + + <script src="../clipboard.min.js"></script> + <script src="../highlight.js"></script> + <script src="../book.js"></script> + + <!-- Custom JS scripts --> + + + </div> + </body> +</html> |