Subject: -msoft-quad-float and sparc64
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 10/23/2001 19:25:34
Is this lossage likely to show up in arbitrary third party
software? Should -msoft-quad-float be the default on sparc64
until its fixed in gcc?
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 07:12:42AM +0300, Martin Husemann wrote:
>
> > Module Name: basesrc
> > Committed By: martin
> > Date: Fri Oct 19 04:12:42 UTC 2001
> >
> > Modified Files:
> > basesrc/usr.bin/awk: Makefile
> >
> > Log Message:
> > Add -msoft-quad-float on sparc64 to work around toolchain/kernel fpu
> > emulation lossage.
> > This makes awk create proper vi.h and emacs.h files in src/lib/libedit
> > again.
>
> Make sure to document this in doc/HACKS (or whatever that files is
> called).
>
>