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Re: Problem with VFP indication in ARM objects
- From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej at wasabisystems dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:21:05 +0000
- Subject: Re: Problem with VFP indication in ARM objects
- Organization: ARM Ltd.
- Reply-to: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
> We could have the code in BFD detect the absence of any flags, and
> then scan any code sections to see if any hardware VFP instructions
> actually exist. If they do not, it could remark the binary as
> soft-VFP. Ugly, but doable.
Not reliable. At least, it isn't without the presence of mapping symbols.
Which, of course, we don't support yet...
R.