From: Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>
To: Gavriel State <u497w7n9@umail.furryterror.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Why is -msoft-float used in Kernel compilation?
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:19:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990213111936.A1449@wogglebug.cygnus.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199902131436.JAA07672@linuxmaster.corel.eng>; from Gavriel State on Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 09:37:46AM -0500
On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 09:37:46AM -0500, Gavriel State wrote:
>
> I can understand using -msoft-float if CONFIG__8xx is on,
> but why use it when compiling for 60x or 7x0 CPUs?
I would imagine to prevent the compiler from using the FPU to move 64-bit
aligned items via fp registers.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-13 14:37 Why is -msoft-float used in Kernel compilation? Gavriel State
1999-02-13 16:19 ` Michael Meissner [this message]
1999-02-14 21:10 ` Michel Lanners
1999-02-15 6:41 ` Troy Benjegerdes
1999-02-15 11:49 ` Gary Thomas
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