[U-Boot] PowerPC 440EP hard-float

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 11:06 Thu 20 Nov     , Eibach, Dirk wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I built a toolchain for PowerPC 440EP nad configured it for cpu 440fp
> with hard-float.
> 
> Building u-boot with this toolchain failed, because there is 
> 
> PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_4xx -ffixed-r2 -mstring -msoft-float
> 
> in cpu/ppc4xx/config.mk.
> 
> What is the best way to solve this?
> Possible solutions I see:
> - build a toolchain with different parameters
> - make msoft-float configurable in u-boot
> 
> OT: Is a 440fp toolchain with hard float a bad idea somehow? Has
> soft-float any advantages?

the best way will be to remove the -lgcc so you can build u-boot how you wish
without depending of the toolchains support of hard-float or soft-float

Best Regards,
J.