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  The arm64 port of the Linux kernel provides infrastructure to support
  emulation of instructions which have been deprecated, or obsoleted in
  the architecture. The infrastructure code uses undefined instruction
  hooks to support emulation. Where available it also allows turning on
  the instruction execution in hardware.
  
  The emulation mode can be controlled by writing to sysctl nodes
  (/proc/sys/abi). The following explains the different execution
  behaviours and the corresponding values of the sysctl nodes -
  
  * Undef
    Value: 0
    Generates undefined instruction abort. Default for instructions that
    have been obsoleted in the architecture, e.g., SWP
  
  * Emulate
    Value: 1
    Uses software emulation. To aid migration of software, in this mode
    usage of emulated instruction is traced as well as rate limited
    warnings are issued. This is the default for deprecated
    instructions, .e.g., CP15 barriers
  
  * Hardware Execution
    Value: 2
    Although marked as deprecated, some implementations may support the
    enabling/disabling of hardware support for the execution of these
    instructions. Using hardware execution generally provides better
    performance, but at the loss of ability to gather runtime statistics
    about the use of the deprecated instructions.
  
  The default mode depends on the status of the instruction in the
  architecture. Deprecated instructions should default to emulation
  while obsolete instructions must be undefined by default.
  
  Note: Instruction emulation may not be possible in all cases. See
  individual instruction notes for further information.
  
  Supported legacy instructions
  -----------------------------
  * SWP{B}
  Node: /proc/sys/abi/swp
  Status: Obsolete
  Default: Undef (0)
  
  * CP15 Barriers
  Node: /proc/sys/abi/cp15_barrier
  Status: Deprecated
  Default: Emulate (1)
  
  * SETEND
  Node: /proc/sys/abi/setend
  Status: Deprecated
  Default: Emulate (1)*
  Note: All the cpus on the system must have mixed endian support at EL0
  for this feature to be enabled. If a new CPU - which doesn't support mixed
  endian - is hotplugged in after this feature has been enabled, there could
  be unexpected results in the application.