Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/arm/include

[Klaus Klein <kleink%reziprozitaet.de@localhost>]

On Sunday 26 October 2003 16:09, Richard Earnshaw wrote:

> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       kleink
> > Date:               Sat Oct 25 18:19:10 UTC 2003
> >
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/sys/arch/arm/include: ieee.h
> >
> > Log Message:
> > G/c the 128-bit extended-precision format, which is not applicable to
> > this platform.  Name the 80-bit version the extended format, which it
> > is for the FPA case according to the ARM7500FE manual.
>
> I think this is wrong.  Even on the FPA, a long double is just a double
> (extended precision is *never* used by the compiler.

Thanks for noting this; I was under the wrong impression that we had done so 
in the past, a.out and ante-VFP.  (In the meantime I've even come across 
your proposal for removal of the disabled FPA XFmode from GCC...)


- Klaus