Subject: Re: speedy FP
To: 'RiscBSD' <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Vincent Lefevre <Vincent.Lefevre@ens-lyon.fr>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/10/1997 22:51:40
On Thu, Apr 10, 1997 at 06:04:34PM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> Except of course, that you will have to ensure that the compiler hasn't used
> the link register (r14) in any way, and that it is safely stored on the stack
> for the return instruction.  So you will need specially compiled code to 
> handle this.

Then, wouldn't a FP library be better? AFAIK, the only drawback is that
you have to recompile when you get an FPA (if this ever happens)...

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