[U-Boot] [PATCH] Switch from archive libraries to partial linking

Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-25T19:05:26Z

Dear Timur Tabi,

In message <4D3F1D25.4070807@freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> I think you misunderstand. I'm not saying that we should use FP instructions in
> U-Boot. I'm saying that since we *don't* use FP instructions in U-Boot, we can
> just turn on hard-float and avoid any incompatibility with CONFIG_POST_FPU,
> because all of U-Boot will then be compiled with hard-float.

If we let him, GCC would generate FP instructions in a number of
places where you don't expect them, even whithout any FP variables or
explicit FP operations in the whole code C or assembler input.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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