From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Conn Clark <clark@esteem.com>
Cc: May Ling List <linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: MPC8xx fpu support and compiling glib.
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:47:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020412194723.7EACA11258@denx.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:11:00 PDT." <3CB71524.46DC9F87@esteem.com>
In message <3CB71524.46DC9F87@esteem.com> you wrote:
>
> > You cannot mix FPU-code and soft-float in one application/library
> > setup.
...
> If my kernel has fpu-emulation, do I need to compile soft-float into my
> glibc?
You can compile either ALL libraries and ALL applications with, or
ALL without FP.
> Does putting fpu-emulation in the kernel and not using soft-float in
> glibc
> save me RAM?
Not any significant amount, I think.
Also be awre the the emulation code in the kernel is far from
complete or perfect.
Wolfgang Denk
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2002-04-12 19:47 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2002-04-12 20:11 ` MPC8xx fpu support and compiling glib Dr. Craig Hollabaugh
2002-04-12 20:41 ` Wolfgang Denk
2002-04-11 22:28 Conn Clark
2002-04-12 13:37 ` Wolfgang Denk
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