libffi & powerpc

[Patrick Olinet]

> > I've compiled again my cross toolchain with the "--with-float=soft"
> > option, hoping that it would emulate FPU instruction, but this
> > unfortunately doesn't help... I'm nevertheless not sure that this
> > option is the right one...
>
> If your entire toolchain is compiled with --with-float=soft, then you
> should use the same options when compiling your code.
> >

I thought that fpu emulation worked by trapping cpu exceptions when a
fpu instruction is being executed and then emulating this instruction
on software level.

Isn't the mechanism implemented by the "--with-float=soft" option ?

Patrick