[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: enable CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC by default (re-send to the correct address)

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Daniel,

In message <55947A25.5020702 at gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC should be removed. If an architecture supports
> a private libgcc, then it should always use it. I think for U-Boot it is
> better and safer to have all code under control instead of pulling in
> external code from toolchains which are often somehow broken.

This is the wrong approach.  If a tool is broken, it should be
reported, and fixed.

> Speaking for MIPS we have boards with all combinations of Big
> Endian/Little Endian and Hard Float/Soft Float. You need an own libgcc
> binary for each FPU variant, but almost no toolchain supports this. Thus

Why would that be the case?  We do not use any floating point stuff in
U-Boot...


I agree that there is the endianess issue - MIPS is currently the
only architecture (I am aware of) that supports both BE and LE con-
figurations.  But this is a tool chain issue!  You will need support
from the tool chain not only for U-Boot (and the kernel), but also for
user space.  If your tool chain is nbroken, it needs fixing.

> BTW: Linux kernel or Barebox always use a private libgcc.

And what do you do about user space with such a broken tool chain?

It does not help to paper over problems.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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