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> all 1200 pages of it Sounds weak, one of the versions of ARMv8 has a spec that's exactly 6666 (!) pages. I would expect IBM to be more detailed lol
by floatboth 7y ago
> all 1200 pages of it
Sounds weak, one of the versions of ARMv8 has a spec that's exactly 6666 (!) pages. I would expect IBM to be more detailed lol
- mhh__ 7y agoSpec or manual? The ARM Spec I've seen is also 1200ish pages whereas the programmers manual is indeed thousands of pages
- floatboth 7y agoAh, they indeed have a shorter spec, but it's at 2611 pages now https://static.docs.arm.com/ddi0596/d/ISA_A64_xml_v85A-2019-06_OPT.pdf https://static.docs.arm.com/ddi0596/d/ISA_A64_xml_v85A-2019-... It's actually a document generated from machine-readable XML files https://alastairreid.github.io/ARM-v8a-xml-release/ https://alastairreid.github.io/ARM-v8a-xml-release/
- CrystalGamma 7y agoIBM doesn't do wacky stuff like Pointer authentication that creeps into every corner of the spec, making everything more complicated …