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Re: [RFC, PATCH] ARM related deprecations
In message <4F4D0E64.1020302@arm.com>
Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com> wrote:
> On 28/02/12 17:10, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> >
> >> Here's an updated patch and a suggested web-page patch:
> >
> > uClinux targets do not have -gnu in their target triplets.
> >
> > You missed the WinCE port from the list in the webpage patch of ports
> > being deprecated for using FPA floating-point format and lacking a modern
> > alternative using VFP format. (The config.gcc patch also got the triplet
> > for WinCE wrong - it's arm*-wince-pe* not arm*-*-wince*. Though ISTR the
> > more functional port that hasn't been contributed to FSF GCC uses some
> > other triplet.)
> >
>
> Have I ever said how much I hate triplets?
>
> Here's an updated version, plus some updates to install.texi to avoid
> references to the obsolete ports.
>
> OK?
As mentioned/asked in http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-12/msg00744.html
our GCC/ARM port for RISC OS which is using for one of its multilib
variants FPA (to interface with the SharedCLibrary used in RISC OS).
Other multilib variants are soft-float and VPF. I would like to keep
the FPA support in gcc 4.8.
I'm wondering if the removal of FPA is really necessary. Does FPA support
prevent future ARM improvements in GCC ?
John.
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John Tytgat, in his comfy chair at home BASS
John.Tytgat@aaug.net ARM powered, RISC OS driven