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On May 1, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Tim Kientzle wrote:
>=20
> The only odd point:  The ARM reference I have lists blx
> only for ARMv6 and ARMv7 instruction sets =85 or am I
> misreading that somehow?

BX and BLX are supported since ARMv5 in ARM mode and since ARMv4 in =
THUMB mode so this will break some very old stuff like StrongARM which =
is ARMv4(non T).

Damjan