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

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Alexander Holler,

In message <4D60E16E.1060406 at ahsoftware.de> you wrote:
>
> I don't know how other the compiler behaves for other architectures and 
> if those are having the need to save fp-contexts for irqs.

I thought I had explained this again in recent postings, not to
mention the times I did that before; you probably can find this in the
archives.

> # -msoft-float forces the compiler to avoid any fp-related instructions 
> for optimizations.
> 
> Would that be better?

No, not at all, because the only additional information about what
-msoft-float does (not using FP instructions) in the "for
optimizations" part - but that does not help much if you don;t have
the background we discussed here again.

So if you want to document this, then please provide a more complete
explanation about the reasons for using -msoft-float, summarizing the
recent discussion.

Keep in mind that it does not only apply to ARM Makefiles, but to all
other architectures as well. And instead of adding it to all ~30
affected files (which also gives no guarantee that it will be
documented in any newly created config.mk files), please add it to
some central doc file - either to the README, or feel free to create
a doc/README.toolchain or similar that can then also be used to
document things like linker options, information about known issues,
etc.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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