Re: [OE-core] RFC: pulseaudio vs. meson vs. neon

["Khem Raj" <raj.khem@gmail.com>]

On 6/28/21 12:52 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 12:42:55PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 12:10 PM Phil Blundell <pb@pbcl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:46:08AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>>>> I still hope that if we can add a proper neon detection patch to meson
>>>> they would be ok to accept it.
>>>
>>> Why doesn't the runtime detection work in the way that upstream clearly
>>> think it ought to?
>>
>> probably it does, someone has to test it on device without vfp.
>> Currently it is still failing to compile.
>> so first that needs to be fixed.
> 
> Okay, but if the runtime detection does in fact work then there's no need
> for any NEON detection in Meson, right?

well, if we can beat the compiler to not complain about using neon on a 
non-neon system then yes, but changing float ABI to make compiler happy 
seems a bit iffy, since compiler will generate code expecting VFP and 
that could trip the system.

> 
> p.
>