[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: Add comments why -msoft-float is used.

Alexander Holler holler at ahsoftware.de
Sun Feb 20 11:05:01 CET 2011


Am 20.02.2011 10:52, schrieb Alexander Holler:
> Am 20.02.2011 10:39, schrieb Alexander Holler:
>
>> # -msoft-float forces the compiler to avoid any fp-related instructions
>> for optimizations.
>>
>> Would that be better?
>
> Anyway, I don't care about that patch. I now know the reason. ;)
>
> Btw, isn't soft-float useless on ARM when armv5 is used as architecture?

To answer myself: No.

See 
http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/vector-floating-point.php

Regards,

Alexander


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