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On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 13:04 -0700, Chris Larson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > The libc-libm-big option allows eglibc to correctly configure
> > itself to include the correct math functions for 64bit operations
> >
> > [YOCTO #2943]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
> 
> I'm curious, is this needed for other 64 bit platforms, e.g. powerpc64?

Also out of curiosity, what's the use-case for 64-bit userspace in a
"tiny" context?  I would have thought that you'd generally want x32.

p.