[U-Boot] [PATCH] Switch from archive libraries to partial linking

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Jan 25 19:27:14 CET 2011


Dear Timur Tabi,

In message <4D3EFCF2.4060706 at freescale.com> you wrote:
>
> Why don't we compile all of U-Boot with hard float by default?  What's wrong
> with using floating point instructions in U-Boot?

We don't need it.

Why doesn't the Linux kernel use floating point instructions?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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