Subject: Re: -DSOFTFLOAT && -DNOFPU
To: None <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
From: Shuichiro URATA <ur@a-r.org>
List: port-mips
Date: 04/15/2000 16:21:10
At Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:23:31 +0900 (JST),
nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp (Toru Nishimura) wrote:
> Please keep in mind I've never criticized extentending missing CP1
> insn emulation.

Yeah, I know.

> Adding certain missing CP1 insns by emulation are not tied with
> #define NOFPU nor #define SOFTFLOAT, as you mentioned.  Both was a
> product by lack of understanding.

Agreed.
#ifdef SOFTFLOAT was introduced to avoid runtime overhead.
Of course it's just micro optimization.

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Shuichiro URATA
ur@a-r.org