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Re: libffi & powerpc

 > I thought that fpu emulation worked by trapping cpu exceptions when a
 > fpu instruction is being executed and then emulating this instruction
 > on software level.

Yes.

> Isn't the mechanism implemented by the "--with-float=soft" option ?

No.  FPU emulation requires no special compile-time options.  The
whole idea is that it runs the same code as native FP.

In contrast, soft-float generates inline subroutine calls for all
floating-point operations.


ok, I get it. So, is there a way to add fpu emulation emulation to my
platform without having to change anything to my native binary code ?

Patrick

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