[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] CPU Info

[From: Olivier ROLAND]

etienne at solve400problems.com a écrit :
> When executing: cat /proc/cpuinfo I see the following:
> Processor       : ARM926EJ-Sid(wb) rev 3 (v5l)
> BogoMIPS        : 125.76
> Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp java
> CPU implementer : 0x41
> CPU architecture: 5TEJ
> CPU variant     : 0x0
> CPU part        : 0x926
> CPU revision    : 3
> Cache type      : write-back
> Cache clean     : cp15 c7 ops
> Cache lockdown  : format C
> Cache format    : Harvard
> I size          : 32768
> I assoc         : 4
> I line length   : 32
> I sets          : 256
> D size          : 16384
> D assoc         : 4
> D line length   : 32
> D sets          : 128
>
> Can anybody explain what the java feature in the Features mean?
>
> Etienne
>
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The 770 ARM core directly support Java bytecode execution
(Jazelle technology): http://www.arm.com/products/solutions/Jazelle.html
However as far as I know Linux currently doesn't support (yet) this 
capabilities
Proprietary software is needed to take advantage of Jazelle.