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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
To: John David Anglin <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>
Cc: carlos@systemhalted.org, tausq@debian.org,
	parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] long double on hppa64-*-linux*
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 17:45:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060205004507.GB2225@colo.lackof.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200602042341.k14Nf0P9005946@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>

On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 06:41:00PM -0500, John David Anglin wrote:
> I noticed another long double issue.  Long double is defined to be 128
> bits on all 64-bit targets on the PA.  I believe that it should be 128 bits
> only on hpux.
> 
> I would like to change the long double default on PA64t o 64 bits as there
> isn't any hardware support for the 128-bit type, and we currently don't
> have software support for 128-bit long doubles implemented.  I can't see
> this affecting anything, but it's another ABI change and I thought I should
> ask.

I'm ok with it. The only downside I can think of is hypothetical:
supporting HPUX binaries with "long double" on parisc-linux hmight get
interesting should any misaligned trap handlers or syscalls need to deal
with long double.

hth,
grant
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1999-06-10 18:32 ` [parisc-linux] booting problems Stan Sieler
1999-06-21 17:03 ` Hack to head.S John David Anglin
1999-06-21 19:38 ` John David Anglin
2000-10-11 20:11 ` [parisc-linux] __hp9000s700 predefined John David Anglin
2000-11-09 17:39 ` testcase for hppa64 gcc bug John David Anglin
2000-12-06  4:12   ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-12-06  4:14     ` John David Anglin
2000-12-06  5:28       ` Alan Modra
2001-02-01  1:19         ` [parisc-linux] " Jeffrey A Law
2000-11-09 23:57 ` abort in eliminate_regs compiling glob.c from glibc John David Anglin
2000-11-10  0:36   ` Alan Modra
2000-11-10  2:50     ` John David Anglin
2000-11-14 21:40   ` John David Anglin
2001-01-27 20:12     ` Richard Henderson
2000-12-14  0:48 ` pa reload problem John David Anglin
2000-12-14  3:43   ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-12-14 16:40     ` John David Anglin
2000-12-27 20:08       ` Jeffrey A Law
2000-12-28  5:18         ` John David Anglin
2000-12-16 20:38     ` [parisc-linux] PATCH: Adjust label usage count for new insns [was Re: pa reload problem] John David Anglin
2001-01-02  9:51       ` Jeffrey A Law
2002-01-07 18:39 ` [parisc-linux] PIC assembly John David Anglin
2002-01-09  1:05   ` Grant Grundler
2002-01-11 20:45     ` Grant Grundler
2002-07-15 17:21 ` [parisc-linux] compiling kernels with gcc-3.1 John David Anglin
2002-07-15 17:32   ` Randolph Chung
2002-07-15 17:43     ` Matthew Wilcox
2002-07-15 18:18       ` John David Anglin
2002-07-16  9:02   ` joel.soete
2002-07-16 17:01 ` [parisc-linux] gcc-3.[02] alignment problem John David Anglin
2002-07-16 17:22   ` Randolph Chung
2002-07-16 17:24     ` Matthew Wilcox
2002-07-17  3:19       ` Randolph Chung
2002-07-17  3:19       ` Randolph Chung
2002-07-16 17:24     ` Matthew Wilcox
2002-07-16 20:21     ` Richard Henderson
2002-07-16 20:21     ` Richard Henderson
2002-07-16 17:22   ` Randolph Chung
2002-07-16 17:01 ` John David Anglin
2002-07-16 17:27 ` [parisc-linux] gcc-3.2 bootstrap? John David Anglin
2003-01-31 21:27 ` [parisc-linux] PATCH hppa ordered load absolute ops John David Anglin
2003-01-31 21:27 ` John David Anglin
2003-08-31 19:10 ` [parisc-linux] Re: [glibc] tststatic failues, reduced to simp le testcase John David Anglin
2003-08-31 20:22   ` Carlos O'Donell
2003-08-31 20:47     ` John David Anglin
2003-09-01  6:05       ` Carlos O'Donell
2003-12-15 22:05 ` [parisc-linux] dlopen failed on 'libthread_db.so.1' - /lib/libthread_db.so.1: undefined symbol: ps_pglobal_lookup John David Anglin
2003-12-17 15:32   ` [parisc-linux] " Carlos O'Donell
2003-12-17 15:53     ` Carlos O'Donell
2003-12-17 16:43       ` [parisc-linux] Re: dlopen failed on 'libthread_db.so.1' - John David Anglin
2003-12-17 18:35         ` Carlos O'Donell
2003-12-18  0:21           ` John David Anglin
2003-12-18  0:32 ` John David Anglin
2003-12-18  0:42   ` [parisc-linux] Re: dlopen failed on 'libthread_db.so.1' -g John David Anglin
2004-01-07 21:14 ` [parisc-linux] [Testers wanted] New glibc with profiling fixed John David Anglin
2004-01-07 21:14 ` John David Anglin
2004-08-31  4:23 ` [parisc-linux] Re: linux signal race fixes, patches against hppa tree, please test John David Anglin
2004-08-31 20:43   ` [parisc-linux] Re: linux signal race fixes, patches against hppa tree, please te John David Anglin
2004-09-01 20:08     ` John David Anglin
2004-09-11  7:24       ` [parisc-linux] Another SIGSEGV, this time in /bin/sh John David Anglin
2004-09-13 15:01         ` [parisc-linux] " Carlos O'Donell
2004-09-02  6:29     ` [parisc-linux] Re: linux signal race fixes, patches against hppa tree, please te Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-05 21:53 ` [parisc-linux] Re: Comments? John David Anglin
2005-03-06  0:22   ` John David Anglin
2005-03-08 17:32     ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-08 17:44       ` John David Anglin
2005-03-08 17:54         ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-08 19:02           ` John David Anglin
2005-03-08 21:08             ` [parisc-linux] OPD's on hppa-linux, and what to do about __cffc's fragility Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-08 21:48               ` [parisc-linux] " John David Anglin
2005-03-08 21:52                 ` John David Anglin
2005-03-08 22:25               ` Alan Modra
2005-03-10 15:31                 ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-10 22:27                   ` Alan Modra
2005-03-11 18:05                     ` [parisc-linux] Solution to OPD's in hppa-linux, including a transition plan? Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-12  0:49                       ` [parisc-linux] " John David Anglin
     [not found]                         ` <20050315220842.GC22872@baldric.uwo.ca>
     [not found]                           ` <20050315224142.GC21148@bubble.modra.org>
2005-03-16 20:36                             ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-16 23:54                               ` Alan Modra
     [not found]                           ` <200503160410.j2G4ALcu021219@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>
2005-03-16 21:37                             ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-03-17  3:51                               ` John David Anglin
2005-07-16  2:55 ` [parisc-linux] Re: Non-inline math, and inline math broken, GCC to blame? (1 hppa tls toolchain regression) John David Anglin
2005-07-16 16:16   ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-07-16 17:37     ` John David Anglin
2005-07-16 17:54       ` John David Anglin
2005-07-16 19:41         ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-07-16 19:56           ` John David Anglin
2005-07-16 19:15       ` Carlos O'Donell
2005-08-16  3:32 ` [parisc-linux] Re: gsyprf11 and 2.6.13-rc3-pa1 John David Anglin
2005-12-26 19:58 ` [parisc-linux] strtold John David Anglin
2006-01-07 21:07   ` [parisc-linux] strtold Carlos O'Donell
2006-01-07 22:41     ` John David Anglin
2006-01-07 23:42       ` Carlos O'Donell
2006-01-07 23:49         ` John David Anglin
2006-01-07 23:56         ` John David Anglin
2006-01-08  4:28         ` Grant Grundler
2005-12-26 21:54 ` [parisc-linux] Re: nscd: error while loading shared libraries: unexpected reloc type 0x42 John David Anglin
2006-01-07 23:53   ` Carlos O'Donell
2006-01-08  0:16     ` [parisc-linux] Re: nscd: error while loading shared libraries: John David Anglin
2006-02-04 23:41 ` [parisc-linux] long double on hppa64-*-linux* John David Anglin
2006-02-05  0:45   ` Grant Grundler [this message]
2006-02-05  3:42     ` John David Anglin
2006-03-12 20:15 ` [parisc-linux] Re: gcj can't make shared libs on hppa John David Anglin
2006-03-13 14:24   ` Carlos O'Donell
2006-03-13 20:50     ` John David Anglin
2006-06-09  0:56 ` [parisc-linux] User space locks -- what's wrong John David Anglin
2007-01-03  1:41 ` [parisc-linux] Re: PA8800 Status (Happy New Year) John David Anglin
2007-01-03  4:24 ` John David Anglin
2007-02-17 20:32 ` [parisc-linux] Re: call_init in libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11 John David Anglin
2007-09-04  1:19 ` [parisc-linux] 2.6.23-rc5 warnings John David Anglin
2008-08-23 16:48 ` X won't start with VisEG and 2.6.22.19 John David Anglin
2008-08-24 10:35   ` Helge Deller
2008-08-24 14:09     ` John David Anglin
2008-08-24 14:38       ` Helge Deller
2009-05-03  0:48 ` Kernel Panic during init with 2.6.29-gb609308 (fresh clone of git John David Anglin
2009-08-23 21:21 ` Reproducible random python crash John David Anglin
2009-12-23 22:18 ` futex wait failure John David Anglin
2009-12-24  2:22   ` Carlos O'Donell
2009-12-28 18:59     ` John David Anglin
2009-12-29 13:47       ` Helge Deller
2009-12-29 15:00         ` John David Anglin
2009-12-30 10:49           ` Randolph Chung
2009-12-31 18:14         ` Carlos O'Donell
2009-12-31 19:11           ` Helge Deller
2010-01-01  3:49             ` John David Anglin
2010-01-01  5:02               ` John David Anglin
2010-01-04 16:27               ` Helge Deller
2010-01-04 17:16                 ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-04 18:11                   ` John David Anglin
2010-01-04 18:29                     ` John David Anglin
2010-01-04 20:51                     ` Helge Deller
2010-01-04 21:39                       ` John David Anglin
2010-01-05 22:27                       ` John David Anglin
2010-01-06 23:33                         ` John David Anglin
2010-01-07 16:13                           ` Helge Deller
2010-01-08 16:37                             ` John David Anglin
2010-01-08 21:17                               ` John David Anglin
2010-02-02 21:16                                 ` Helge Deller
2010-02-03  3:44                                   ` John David Anglin
2010-02-03 22:03                                     ` Helge Deller
2010-03-07 17:12                                       ` John David Anglin
2010-03-07 20:32                                         ` John David Anglin
2010-03-11  3:20                                           ` John David Anglin
2010-03-11 13:54                                             ` Kyle McMartin
2010-03-11 22:40                                               ` John David Anglin
2010-03-11 23:32                                                 ` John David Anglin
2010-03-13  2:06                                                 ` John David Anglin
2010-03-15  1:10                                                   ` John David Anglin
2010-03-16 11:49                                                     ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-03-21 18:19                                                       ` John David Anglin
2010-03-22 14:26                                                         ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-03-23 21:32                                                         ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-03-23 22:23                                                           ` John David Anglin
2010-02-03 22:44                                   ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-08 21:18                               ` Helge Deller
2010-01-08 21:43                                 ` John David Anglin
2010-01-08 21:44                                 ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-08 21:44                                   ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-08 21:56                                     ` Kyle McMartin
2010-01-08 22:28                                       ` John David Anglin
2010-01-08 22:33                                         ` Kyle McMartin
2010-01-08 22:31                                     ` John David Anglin
2010-01-16 23:17                                   ` Helge Deller
2010-01-18 15:50                                     ` John David Anglin
2010-01-18 20:44                                     ` John David Anglin
2010-01-18 20:49                                       ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-29 17:53                                     ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-31 21:14                                       ` Helge Deller
2010-01-01  0:26                                         ` John David Anglin
2010-02-01 12:58                                           ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-02-01 15:47                                             ` John David Anglin
2010-02-01 19:02                                           ` Helge Deller
2010-02-01 19:11                                             ` John David Anglin
2010-02-01 21:36                                               ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-04 17:32                 ` John David Anglin
2010-01-04 18:02                   ` Carlos O'Donell
2010-01-04 18:22                     ` John David Anglin
2010-01-04 21:24                 ` Helge Deller
2009-12-31 22:38           ` John David Anglin
2010-01-01  0:36             ` John David Anglin

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