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Re: [PATCH] PPC32 nofpu fixes
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- To: Steven Munroe <munroesj at us dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-ports at sources dot redhat dot com, Dwayne McConnell <decimal at us dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:37:15 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] PPC32 nofpu fixes
> Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> >I can't figure out why this is anything other than:
> >
> >#define NO_FPU
> >#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/getcontext.S>
> >
> >and the like, with appropriate #ifdef NO_FPU insertions in the trunk files.
> >
> >
> >
> The common code in the trunk has to have versions with/without
> VMX/Altivec plus the ENOSYS stub for pre GLIBC_2_3_3. Assuming the
> powerpc NO_FPU implementation is a simple subset of the powerpc ABI then
> we need to provide the same version symbols as the base powerpc ABI.
Sorry, I haven't figured out how this answers my question.
Thanks,
Roland