Subject: Re: (Broken) LC040 & alternative distribution
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@wasabisystems.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/30/2003 19:22:49
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Allen Briggs wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 04:42:36PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	d) Provide an complete alternative m68k-softfloat distribution.
>
> I think that this is the best solution.  I might even go so far as
> to say that we should have two MACHINE_ARCHs: m68k and m68knofp or
> something.  I don't think this would be a drop-in in the current
> world, though.  My concern is that it would be nice to have pre-built
> binary packages built both with and without FPU support.

	Would a good first step be to see if Bruce would be interested
	in updating his MKSOFTFLOAT changes to current and look at
	integrating them?

	Ideally the mechanism should be extendable to other architectures
	so if someone did the MD work they should be able to build an
	i386-nofp distribution :)

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