Subject: -msoft-quad-float and sparc64
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 10/23/2001 19:25:34
	Is this lossage likely to show up in arbitrary third party
	software? Should -msoft-quad-float be the default on sparc64
	until its fixed in gcc?

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On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Jason R Thorpe wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 07:12:42AM +0300, Martin Husemann wrote:
>
>  > Module Name:	basesrc
>  > Committed By:	martin
>  > Date:		Fri Oct 19 04:12:42 UTC 2001
>  >
>  > Modified Files:
>  > 	basesrc/usr.bin/awk: Makefile
>  >
>  > Log Message:
>  > Add -msoft-quad-float on sparc64 to work around toolchain/kernel fpu
>  > emulation lossage.
>  > This makes awk create proper vi.h and emacs.h files in src/lib/libedit
>  > again.
>
> Make sure to document this in doc/HACKS (or whatever that files is
> called).
>
>