> On 7/15/10, Loïc Minier <[email protected]> wrote: > > armel can also use vfp instructions, so I personally find it confusing. > > No it can't. Any binary that contains a vfp instruction will die with > SIGILL on any armv4t chip that has no vfp cpu, so cannot be used in > Debian armel.
Yes, however fixing this this does not require a new port. It only requires providing alternative packages builds within the same port. The important point being that (assuming capable hardware) you can freely mix the two. > > (BTW in the thread Richard Earnshaw makes the point that FPA isn't > > leagel in EABI and that maverick is incompatible with it, so I think > > this is another reason not to have "vfp" in our new port's name) > > You must have misunderstood what Richard said. > I use Maverick hardlfoat in EABI and provide a repository of Maverick > hardfloat debian packages for Debian armel. It all works fine. Until someone makes to the effort to define proper EABI supplements for that coprocessor, I think it's reasonable to call this "not EABI". Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
