From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F97EDDED9 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:04:51 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20070718013302.GE15238@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> References: <20070718013302.GE15238@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <3F44085F-8A67-4134-95A3-39897F2A84FD@kernel.crashing.org> From: Kumar Gala Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/61] 8xx: Don't call non-existent Soft_emulate_8xx from SoftwareEmulation. Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:05:13 -0500 To: Scott Wood Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Jul 17, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Scott Wood wrote: > On arch/ppc, Soft_emulate_8xx was used when full math emulation was > turned off to emulate a minimal subset of floating point load/store > instructions, to avoid needing a soft-float toolchain. This function > is called, but not present, on arch/powerpc, causing a build error > if floating point emulation is turned off. > > As soft-float toolchains are now common, I'm deleting the call rather > than moving Soft_emulate_8xx over to arch/powerpc. We should move the Soft_emulate_8xx code over. I see no reason to break a usage model that existed in arch/ppc. - k