Subject: Re: FPA support in libc
To: None <port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 02/27/2001 23:08:31
In article <200102272253.f1RMrIX12513@buzzard.freeserve.co.uk>,
Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@buzzard.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article <200102272215.f1RMFsX11495@buzzard.freeserve.co.uk> you write:
>> >OK, here's a revised version of the soft-fpa code that I posted last 
>> >night.  I've had time to test this version a bit and shake out several 
>> >bugs.  In addition, there are rules to allow users to build it into libc 
>> >simply by adding an option to /etc/mk.conf
>> 
>> Hmm.  Would it be possible to build it as a standalone library, then use
>> LD_PRELOAD to pull it in?  That'd be cute.
>
>I don't know.  Personally, I don't care very much, since I don't have a 
>machine with an FPA fitted.

Or use the same ld.so.conf trick the i386 uses... After you move to elf...

christos