From: Ulf Samuelsson <ulf@atmel.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] software FP yada yada yada
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:44:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <006b01c6ee47$b1534170$0d68fe51@atmel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200610121635.13952.bcook@bpointsys.com
>> According to the crosstool documentation at www.kegel.com:
>>
>> Most combinations of gcc 3.x.x and binutils fails when you try to build a
>> softfloat toolchain All tested combinations of gcc-4.x.x and binutils fails
>> if softfloat is enabled. If you want to use gcc 4, you cannot build u-boot
>> as is.
>
> FYI, I have successfully used GCC 4.1.1 and binutils 2.16.1 to build not only
> a working armv5teb softfloat toolchain (with glibc 2.4 to boot), but also
> build and use u-boot 1.1.4 and the latest git head with no problems at all.
>
> Granted, I built the toolchain from scratch - it takes a number of tweaks to
> build correctly, all of which are not in crosstool.
>
Is there any true benefit of using a softfloat toochain?
The number of floating point operation is surely minimal in U.boot.
Anyone got an idea if there is any code saving.
Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-12 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-12 20:00 [U-Boot-Users] software FP yada yada yada Matt Gessner
2006-10-12 20:30 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-10-12 20:49 ` Ulf Samuelsson
2006-10-12 21:35 ` Brent Cook
2006-10-12 21:44 ` Ulf Samuelsson [this message]
2006-10-12 21:57 ` Brent Cook
2006-10-12 21:48 ` Leonid
2006-10-12 23:16 ` Wolfgang Denk
2006-10-13 4:44 ` Ulf Samuelsson
2006-10-13 7:54 ` Robert Schwebel
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2006-10-12 20:32 Matt Gessner
2006-10-12 21:02 ` Wolfgang Denk
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