arm64: Add support for Half precision floating point

ARMv8.2 extensions [1] include an optional feature, which supports
half precision(16bit) floating point/asimd data processing
instructions. This patch adds support for detecting and exposing
the same to the userspace via HWCAPs

[1] https://community.arm.com/groups/processors/blog/2016/01/05/armv8-a-architecture-evolution

Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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Suzuki K Poulose
2016-01-26 15:52:46 +00:00
committed by Catalin Marinas
parent 3eca86e75e
commit bf50061844
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@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@
#define HWCAP_SHA2 (1 << 6)
#define HWCAP_CRC32 (1 << 7)
#define HWCAP_ATOMICS (1 << 8)
#define HWCAP_FPHP (1 << 9)
#define HWCAP_ASIMDHP (1 << 10)
#endif /* _UAPI__ASM_HWCAP_H */