On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Richard Earnshaw (lists) <richard.earns...@arm.com> wrote: > The point is to permit the compiler to use interworking compatible > sequences of code when generating ARM code, not to force users to use > Thumb code. The necessary instruction (BX) is available in armv5 and > armv5e, even though Thumb is not supported in those architecture variants. > > It might be worth deprecating v5 and v5e at some point in the future: to > the best of my knowledge no v5 class device without Thumb has ever > existed - but it's not a decision that needs to be related to this proposal.
Slightly off topic, but related: What does the "e" stand for? Also, what does "l" stand for in armv5tel, which is what I usually get -- little endian? I have no idea if there is an authoritative source for these host specifications and cannot find any. config.guess seems to just rely on uname -m.
