From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:19:36 -0500 From: Michael Meissner To: Gavriel State Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Why is -msoft-float used in Kernel compilation? Message-ID: <19990213111936.A1449@wogglebug.cygnus.com> References: <199902131436.JAA07672@linuxmaster.corel.eng> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <199902131436.JAA07672@linuxmaster.corel.eng>; from Gavriel State on Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 09:37:46AM -0500 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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. -- Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions (Massachusetts office) 4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA meissner@cygnus.com, 617-354-5416 (office), 617-354-7161 (fax) [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]