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From: Ulf Samuelsson <ulf@atmel.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:44:50 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] software FP yada yada yada
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>> According to the crosstool documentation at www.kegel.com:
>>
>> Most combinations of gcc 3.x.x and binutils fails when you try to build a
>> softfloat toolchain All tested combinations of gcc-4.x.x and binutils fails
>> if softfloat is enabled. If you want to use gcc 4, you cannot build u-boot
>> as is.
> 
> FYI, I have successfully used GCC 4.1.1 and binutils 2.16.1 to build not only 
> a working armv5teb softfloat toolchain (with glibc 2.4 to boot), but also 
> build and use u-boot 1.1.4 and the latest git head with no problems at all.
> 
> Granted, I built the toolchain from scratch - it takes a number of tweaks to 
> build correctly, all of which are not in crosstool.
> 

Is there any true benefit of using a softfloat toochain?
The number of floating point operation is surely minimal in U.boot.
Anyone got an idea if there is any code saving.

Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson