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Re: arm-elf float-abi defaults...
DJ Delorie wrote:
>> I thought this stuff already existed in arm-eabi toolchains. If it
>> doesn't exist in arm-elf, then you should be able to use it there too.
>
> The EABI toolchains use eabi-specific pseudos to set the .fpu.
Yes, but presumably you could make those pseudo-ops ARM-specific, rather
than EABI specific?
>> But, of course, arm-elf is really a dead ABI at this point...
>
> hmmm... if it's dead enough, it becomes a moot point, doesn't it?
It's pretty dead. Richard Earnshaw recently suggested deprecating
arm-elf in GCC 4.6. I think that's reasonable; most of the major
operating systems (not just GNU/Linux, but embedded operating systems
too) have switched to the EABI, not just for compatibility with one
another, but because it's technically superior.
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