using ARM VFP hardware

[Ineiev]

On 11/20/09, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> Ineiev <ineiev@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 11/10/09, Ineiev <ineiev@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com> wrote:
>>>> -mfloat-abi=hard will only work with gcc-4.5 (ie trunk)
>>> I tried the latest snapshot (gcc-core-4.5-20091105.tar.bz2).
>>> When configured like this:
>> [snip]
>>> it does not build libgcc
>> [snip]
>>> Surprising, when configured with `--with-float=soft',
>>> it does not build either
>>
>> The same with gcc-core-4.5-20091112.tar.bz2.
>> The same with gcc-core-4.5-20091119.tar.bz2.
>>
>> Should I report a bug?
>>
>> Is VFP support is broken? or
>>
>> Is it obsolete?
>
> You sent this to me directly, rather than to the mailing list, but I'm
> not sure why.

Sorry; I was confused by mailing system user interface.

> If the compiler doesn't build when using --with-float=soft, then you
> should report a bug.  If it is something else that doesn't build, I'm
> not sure what is expected.

Ok, I'll report.

Thanks,
Ineiev