>
> *Find any local binary like /bin/ls and do an ld on it. It links to an ld
> library with armel or armhf in the name.*
>

You would want to use ldd, probably not ld.

Usage: ldd /bin/ls  /* going by above example */

*root@arm:~# ldd /bin/ls*
> *        libselinux.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libselinux.so.1
> (0xb6fa0000)*
> *        librt.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/librt.so.1 (0xb6f91000)*
> *        libacl.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libacl.so.1 (0xb6f83000)*
> *        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1
> (0xb6f5f000)*
> *        libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0xb6e7a000)*
> *        /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6fc2000)*
> *        libdl.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdl.so.2 (0xb6e6f000)*
> *        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libpthread.so.0
> (0xb6e53000)*
> *        libattr.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libattr.so.1
> (0xb6e47000)*
>



On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:46 PM, <ghazan.hai...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> If the architecture is armhf that's hardfloat and requires a minimum of
> armv5. armel is softfloat and can run on arm7tdmi (armv4).
>
> Find any local binary like /bin/ls and do an ld on it. It links to an ld
> library with armel or armhf in the name.
>
> You'll find armel libraries in there too along with armhf ld libraries,
> but MOST of the binaries will be armhf. For armel platforms you'll only see
> armel (or the even older arm)
>
> -Ghazan Haider
>
> On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 2:33:48 AM UTC-4, Tim Cole wrote:
>>
>> Greetings all
>> As I understand it, the Debian distribution installed on the most recent
>> BBBs  is configured for hard float. If I were to install another flavor of
>> Linux, or even an updated version of Debian, how would I determine if it's
>> been configured to use hard float or soft float? Is there any way other
>> than compiling with one option or the other and trying to make sense of the
>> errors?
>>
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