From: Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: Add comments why -msoft-float is used.
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:05:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D60E74D.9030405@ahsoftware.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D60E471.3020600@ahsoftware.de>
Am 20.02.2011 10:52, schrieb Alexander Holler:
> Am 20.02.2011 10:39, schrieb Alexander Holler:
>
>> # -msoft-float forces the compiler to avoid any fp-related instructions
>> for optimizations.
>>
>> Would that be better?
>
> Anyway, I don't care about that patch. I now know the reason. ;)
>
> Btw, isn't soft-float useless on ARM when armv5 is used as architecture?
To answer myself: No.
See
http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/vector-floating-point.php
Regards,
Alexander
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-20 10:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-20 3:12 [U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: Add comments why -msoft-float is used Alexander Holler
2011-02-20 8:42 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-02-20 9:39 ` Alexander Holler
2011-02-20 9:52 ` Alexander Holler
2011-02-20 10:05 ` Alexander Holler [this message]
2011-02-20 10:20 ` Wolfgang Denk
2011-02-20 15:43 ` Eric Cooper
2011-02-20 18:57 ` Alexander Holler
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