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Kumar Gala wrote:
> I don't see any reason to break people that might not have updated  
> their toolchains.

Full math emulation is still an option...

>  There is no reason for us to drop a feature like  
> this w/o some additional warning.

...as is arch/ppc, whose remaining life expectancy can serve as the 
warning period.

-Scott