[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] x86: Import the glibc memset implementation

Graeme Russ graeme.russ at gmail.com
Sat Nov 12 10:20:41 CET 2011


Hi Gabe,

On 12/11/11 17:19, Gabe Black wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org
> <mailto:vapier at gentoo.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On Wednesday 09 November 2011 14:12:15 Scott Wood wrote:
>     > Last I tried, I couldn't get it to work even with USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC,
>     > because the compiler was generating calls to things that U-Boot didn't
>     > implement.
> 
>     last i tried, i saw failures only for boards using yaffs as apparently that
>     code triggered some extended math operations that the local libgcc
>     omits.  i
>     didn't look further to see if it was a matter of the yaffs code being wrong
>     (i.e. trying to do a 64bit divide rather than using do_div), or libgcc
>     should
>     include that logic.  i don't use yaffs, so meh :).
>     -mike
> 
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> 
> I'm sure folks realize this, but I thought I would point out that we're
> actually primarily talking about a different patch. To me it sounded like
> this one, importing glibc's memset, was good to go, and I wouldn't want it
> to be held up by the controversy around the other patch, how to deal with
> libgcc. If there's anything more to say about memset lets say it here, and
> if there's more to say about libgcc (I have a feeling there is) lets please
> move that over to the other thread.

I have no issue with this patch - It will look to apply shortly

Regards,

Graeme


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