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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/sve.txt17
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
index d4b4dd1fe786..684a0da39378 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,22 @@ infrastructure:
| AT | [35-32] | y |
x--------------------------------------------------x
+ 6) ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1 - SVE feature ID register 0
+
+ x--------------------------------------------------x
+ | Name | bits | visible |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | SM4 | [43-40] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | SHA3 | [35-32] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | BitPerm | [19-16] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | AES | [7-4] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | SVEVer | [3-0] | y |
+ x--------------------------------------------------x
+
Appendix I: Example
---------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
index 55431fd2a67a..b73a2519ecf2 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,30 @@ HWCAP_SVE
Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.SVE == 0b0001.
+HWCAP2_SVE2
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.SVEVer == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP2_SVEAES
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.AES == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP2_SVEPMULL
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.AES == 0b0010.
+
+HWCAP2_SVEBITPERM
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.BitPerm == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP2_SVESHA3
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.SHA3 == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP2_SVESM4
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.SM4 == 0b0001.
+
HWCAP_ASIMDFHM
Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.FHM == 0b0001.
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