Armv8.x-A扩展特性

备忘。

Armv8.1-A

• Atomic memory access instructions (AArch64)
• Limited Order regions (AArch64)
• Increased Virtual Machine Identifier (VMID) size, and Virtualization Host Extensions (AArch64)
• Privileged Access Never (PAN) (AArch32 and AArch64)

Armv8.2-A

• Support for 52-bit addresses (AArch64)
• The ability for PEs to share Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) entries (AArch32 and AArch64)
• FP16 data processing instructions (AArch32 and AArch64)
• Statistical profiling (AArch64)
• Reliability Availability Serviceabilty (RAS) support becomes mandatory (AArch32 and AArch64)

Armv8.3-A

• Pointer authentication (AArch64)
• Nested virtualization (AArch64)
• Advanced Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) complex number support (AArch32 and AArch64)
• Improved JavaScript data type conversion support (AArch32 and AArch64)
• A change to the memory consistency model (AArch64)
• ID mechanism support for larger system-visible caches (AArch32 and AArch64)

Armv8.4-A

• Secure virtualization (AArch64)
• Nested virtualization enhancements (AArch64)
• Small translation table support (AArch64)
• Relaxed alignment restrictions (AArch32 and AArch64)
• Memory Partitioning and Monitoring (MPAM) (AArch32 and AArch64)
• Additional crypto support (AArch32 and AArch64)
• Generic counter scaling (AArch32 and AArch64)
• Instructions to accelerate SHA512 and SHA3 (AArch64 only)

如何判断当前CPU使用的Armv8.x的.x是多少呢

没有具体的register指示当前的CPU实现的是Armv8.x . 但有register可以指示当前的CPU实现了Armv8.x所支持的功能。比如，ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1.AT表示Armv8.4-A是否支持宽松的对齐要求。

Cortex-A Processors supporting Armv8.0-A

• CA32
• CA35
• CA53
• CA57
• CA72
• CA73

Cortex-A Processors supporting Armv8.2-A

• CA55
• CA75
• CA76
• CA78
• CA58
• Cortex-X1