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Lingkai Dong c4941b7e66 ARMClang: Do not automatically add cpu/arch compile or link options
The compile options `--march=<arch>` and `--mcpu=<cpu>` and the
link option `--cpu=<cpu>` are automatically added by CMake based
on `CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR` or `CMAKE_SYSTEM_ARCH`. But this is not
sufficient, because armclang also supports enabling or disabling
features using `+<feature>`:

    -mcpu=<name>[+[no]<feature>+...]

For example:

    -mcpu=cortex-a57+nocrypto+nofp+nosimd+crc

(Reference: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/dui0774/k/Compiler-Command-line-Options/-mcpu?lang=en)

The problem is, even if a project adds a flag with features it needs,
CMake still adds flags, resulting in code that is compiled with wrong
CPU features and unable to run.

Add policy `CMP0123` to not automatically add compile or link options,
and let projects set them instead.

Co-Author: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com>
Fixes: #21173
2021-04-27 14:03:15 -04:00

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ARMClang-cpu-arch-flags
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* ``ARMClang`` cpu/arch compile and link flags are no longer added
automatically based on the :variable:`CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR`
variable or the undocumented ``CMAKE_SYSTEM_ARCH`` variable.
They must be specified explicitly. See policy :policy:`CMP0123`.