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Re: [patch] getauxval.3 correct AT_HWCAP result description
- From: Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs dot nagy at arm dot com>
- To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com>, "Cownie, James H" <james dot h dot cownie at intel dot com>
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- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 09:13:41 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch] getauxval.3 correct AT_HWCAP result description
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On 12/07/16 21:24, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> .BR AT_HWCAP
>> -A pointer to a multibyte mask of bits whose settings
>> +A four byte long bit-mask whose settings
>> indicate detailed processor capabilities.
why is it four byte long?
it's a long and the target abi decides how many
bits of that is used.