From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from esa4.mentor.iphmx.com (esa4.mentor.iphmx.com [68.232.137.252]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0743E384A029; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:20:42 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 0743E384A029 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codesourcery.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=joseph_myers@mentor.com IronPort-SDR: ysm7ovnByvZjfpYHRnRDHkTvkzBXkRF3l84L5+m7ifijPHKHA4480Jgtl0l/p5teMl9jdo3U6w b/N76/ENRqBFZeT0q3c6ZDwbQX1PFDS0EzVGHr5N5GDqpt8iorezCzoYo4XVrPl19EpgNGVuOh Wa2Kpb4gFQHhV+XJntvkvxUYQyE1IHKVblegmJCbDLssQGXZyc+1Eqh/pzIDmr8G4WADjubqlW qcB2P67k8fiCCHvQQttC1CFXRk2QMZUJSddmcbXBuoEfVEV3ZgqMnn6ES9DNl/6yYGvGDHb2oN M8I= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,370,1599552000"; d="scan'208";a="55616080" Received: from orw-gwy-01-in.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.165]) by esa4.mentor.iphmx.com with ESMTP; 25 Nov 2020 14:20:41 -0800 IronPort-SDR: 53sBRAlDZwI3FwI+bYjd/WsLla2Q5mUG3O3D3Cqfg3TXbNOq/OhxpTn9OP6L3LxiWWIfLDKkLN 9W5OWHBYcaErRAr0KFtLEfDxa8AxgDDYSHPC97wcRLb+4dLksl7aP9Fh3zO2Z/8Ysisk8B7K3k aL51bnxFKG9PXT12QlBZF/MY4UxBEzqnWd90jALiytZPh9FvbHSI7DAfhy1JYeSHbLjzUfpJ+B mL8WdwYMn+BhpsGVePsP/AR15lMyVjtczYgu9CovGbEWa8rjc4XKBS79XvbO0tFIPAifo/gZCj /lQ= Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:20:35 +0000 From: Joseph Myers X-X-Sender: jsm28@digraph.polyomino.org.uk To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" CC: Thomas Koenig , Anders Magnusson , Martin Husemann , , Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31] VAX: Bring the port up to date (yes, MODE_CC conversion is included) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <6938275b-8a47-162e-fdcd-aac1412fa257@netcologne.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.22 (DEB 394 2020-01-19) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Originating-IP: [137.202.0.90] X-ClientProxiedBy: svr-ies-mbx-09.mgc.mentorg.com (139.181.222.9) To svr-ies-mbx-01.mgc.mentorg.com (139.181.222.1) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3125.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:20:44 -0000 On Wed, 25 Nov 2020, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > For the other pieces that are missing perhaps my work I did many years > ago to port glibc 2.4 (the last one I was able to cook up without NPTL), > and specifically libm within, to the never-upstreamed VAX/Linux target > might be useful to complete the effort, as there seems to be an overlap > here. That port hasn't been fully verified though and I do not promise > doing any work related to it anytime either. The glibc patches continue > being available online to download and use under the terms of the GNU GPL > for anyone though. I think I mentioned before: if you wish to bring a VAX port back to current glibc, I think it would make more sense to use software IEEE floating point rather than adding new support to glibc for a non-IEEE floating-point format. -- Joseph S. Myers joseph@codesourcery.com