_Qp_xxx functions for sparc

[Jakub Jelinek]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:16:09AM +0100, Olivier Hainque wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Looking at the sparc specific files, I noticed references to a _Qp_*
> familly of functions for various floating point computations.
> 
> Can someone please enlighten me about what these functions are precisely
> and where they are supposed to be found.

They are part of SPARC v9 ABI, see http://www.sparc.com/standards.html
for details. The _Qp_* functions in particular do software TFmode math.
They are defined in glibc on linux and I believe in libc on Solaris.

	Jakub