From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.pbcl.net ([88.198.119.4] helo=hetzner.pbcl.net) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm5s3-0003KN-J4 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:18:03 +0200 Received: from cambridge.roku.com ([81.142.160.137] helo=[172.30.1.145]) by hetzner.pbcl.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qm5nz-0002Ak-Eh for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:13:51 +0200 From: Phil Blundell To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:13:47 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <7cdd5b62608ae2047d4fdd2ee98e452398401b1e.1311776363.git.richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> <4E30244A.5030209@windriver.com> <1311778937.30326.361.camel@phil-desktop> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.2- Message-ID: <1311779631.30326.366.camel@phil-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] base.bbclass: Add compatibility package name mapping handler X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:18:03 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 17:06 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote: > From the conversations I had with ARM they implied that it isn't optional for cortex a8/9/15, only neon is (e.g. marvell dove, nvidia tegra2). I haven't seen any black on white contracts saying that, though :) The spec on the web seems to say fairly clearly that it's optional, at least in theory. I guess they might have commercial reasons for not wanting to sell it without VFP in any given situation. See: http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a5.php?tab=Specifications for example p.