They don't work on older chips, just like the x86-32 64-bit atomics.
Update #6134
R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/
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// BUG(rsc): On x86-32, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the Pentium MMX.
//
+// On non-Linux ARM, the 64-bit functions use instructions unavailable before the ARMv6k core.
+//
// On both ARM and x86-32, it is the caller's responsibility to arrange for 64-bit
// alignment of 64-bit words accessed atomically. The first word in a global
// variable or in an allocated struct or slice can be relied upon to be