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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Booting b/Documentation/arm/Booting index 4e686a2ed91..a341d87d276 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm/Booting +++ b/Documentation/arm/Booting @@ -164,3 +164,8 @@ In either case, the following conditions must be met: - The boot loader is expected to call the kernel image by jumping directly to the first instruction of the kernel image. + On CPUs supporting the ARM instruction set, the entry must be + made in ARM state, even for a Thumb-2 kernel. + + On CPUs supporting only the Thumb instruction set such as + Cortex-M class CPUs, the entry must be made in Thumb state. |