Re: possible error for cross-gcc-2.3.5-glibc-2.3.2?

[Dan Kegel <dank at kegel dot com>]

David Wuertele wrote:
> Dan> The kernel FP emulation is supposed to, but it's
> Dan> pretty slow, and people who want fast floating point
> Dan> often turn on one of the soft floating point options.
> Dan> You should stick with kernel FP emulation if it works
> Dan> well for you.
>
> Dan, sticking with FP emulation has been my strategy because I'm sure
> there is a soft float bug in multiple versions of mipsel gcc/glibc.  I
> haven't been able to produce a test case yet because I just haven't
> had time, but searching the web for a mention of such a bug or a patch
> has turned up nothing.
>
> Are you recommending sticking with FP emulation because you know of a
> specific bug?

Nope.  I just know that the ARM ABI specifies hardware FP, so
I figure they must have gotten the FP emulation bugs out of
the way a long time ago.
- Dan

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