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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/18] powerpc: Add ability to build little endian kernels
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On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 07:40 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote:
> Have you tested this support with a userspace containing floating
> point instructions?  I wonder if CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is going to
> need work at all, and if the boards with an actual FPU (440EP, 440EPx,
> 460EX, etc) would have issues. 

That's one of the things on the TODO list. We've tested that on a 44x
with no FPU so far and made sure we built without math emu.

Cheers,
Ben.