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ARM Architecture Reference Manual ARMv7-A and ARMv7-R edition

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Common VFP Subarchitecture Specification<br />

B.1 Scope of this appendix<br />

This specification describes the Common VFP subarchitecture. This is not part of the <strong>ARM</strong>v7 architecture<br />

specification, see the Note on the cover page of this appendix.<br />

The Common VFP subarchitecture is an interface provided by VFP coprocessor hardware to support code<br />

in an operating system.<br />

This appendix is for engineers implementing <strong>and</strong> validating a VFP coprocessor, <strong>and</strong> for engineers<br />

implementing support code in an operating system.<br />

The main sections of this appendix describe version 3 of the Common VFP subarchitecture. Version 3 is an<br />

extension to the previously-published version 2 of the subarchitecture. Version 3 of the Common VFP<br />

subarchitecture includes more support for synchronous exception reporting.<br />

Support code for version 1 of the subarchitecture differs from version 2 only when trapped exception<br />

h<strong>and</strong>ling of the Inexact exception is enabled. The differences from version 1 of the subarchitecture are<br />

described in Version 1 of the Common VFP subarchitecture on page AppxB-23.<br />

The differences between versions 2 <strong>and</strong> 3 of the subarchitecture are described in Version 2 of the Common<br />

VFP subarchitecture on page AppxB-24.<br />

AppxB-2 Copyright © 1996-1998, 2000, 2004-2008 <strong>ARM</strong> Limited. All rights reserved. <strong>ARM</strong> DDI 0406B

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