Re: [PATCH 6/7] rs6000: Remove -mabi=ieeelongdouble.

[David Edelsohn <dje dot gcc at gmail dot com>]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Segher Boessenkool
<segher@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> There are some problems with it:
> - On at least 4.6 and later, it crashes the compiler together with -m64;
> - On older versions, it generates incorrect code together with -m64;
> - Supposedly it doesn't actually work on 32-bit either, on the glibc side;
> - It isn't listed in --target-help, because the option file says
>   "undocumented", but the manual does in fact list it;
> - The Darwin header claims it is for POWER.
>
> In the spirit of the rest of this patch series, I solve these problems
> by ripping it all out.

Segher,

As we discussed on IRC, this should work but is broken.  It should not
be ripped out.

Would you please open a Bugzilla PR and include me, Meissner and Peter
Bergner on the CC list?

Thanks, David