[Mspgcc-users] Floating point status

[Steve Underwood]

Hi,

There are comments on the web site to the effect that the floating point 
parts of msp430-gcc are not that polished. Can someone give a fuller 
picture of the current status? Specifically:

The floating code seems to have been written from scratch. Why wasn't 
TI's package used as a starting point?

Is adding trig functions just a matter of building the code from other 
GCC implementations, or am I missing some complexity (licensing issues, 
perhaps)?

Regards,
Steve