Patch for HP-UX IA64 bootstrap failure

[Zack Weinberg]

Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 10:27:04AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 10:11:46AM -0700, Steve Ellcey wrote:
>> > I am trying to figure out if ia64_scalar_mode_supported_p should return
>> > TRUE or FALSE for TFmode on IA64 Linux.
>
> False, at least for now.
>
>> I do have a glibc patch to support __float128 on Linux:
>> 
>> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2004-05/msg00049.html
>
> You know as well as I do, HJ, that that patch isn't going to be
> applied.  Uli has told you that directly.  Do not be disingenuous.

Just out of curiosity, what is the problem with the patch?  Ulrich's
response, frankly, seems less than helpful.

zw