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From: Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
To: Xianmiao Qu <cooper.qu@linux.alibaba.com>,
	libc-alpha@sourceware.org, han_mao@linux.alibaba.com
Cc: fweimer@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] C-SKY: Strip hard float abi from hard float feature.
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 09:24:48 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c9e84f7-bc00-4516-3690-a8b87ac1768a@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y9R+24zrF4hhX+6L@B-7F1WN6HQ-1426.local>



On 27/01/23 22:48, Xianmiao Qu wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 04:24:32PM -0300, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
>>
>>
>> It is not clear to me why you need to use '-mfloat-abi=softfp' to check 
>> for soft-float ABI, since it *won't* be used to actually build glibc
>> (meaning that the compiler build invocation not necessary will use the
>> same ABI as the test is doing).
>>
> 
> This is for compatibility with versions prior to GCC 11. The older versions
> of C-SKY GCC don't support -mfloat-abi=softfp, so the '__CSKY_HARD_FLOAT_ABI__'
> is always not defined, and the expression 'defined(__CSKY_HARD_FLOAT__) && !defined(__CSKY_HARD_FLOAT_ABI__)'
> which is correct for newer versions of GCC does not work for older versions.
> And there doesn't seem to be an expression compitable with all versions of GCC,
> so I add the check for the '-mfloat-abi=softfp' option.

Right, so please add a comment that the -mfloat-abi=softfp is to check for
older gcc version on the configure.ac (similar to the current one).

      reply	other threads:[~2023-02-01 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-27  2:06 Xianmiao Qu
2023-01-27 19:24 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2023-01-28  1:48   ` Xianmiao Qu
2023-02-01 12:24     ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto [this message]

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