Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-20 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:58:27 +0100 "Ulf Samuelsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks OK to me, but I never used "call cc-option". cc-option will try to run the compiler with the option. If the compiler didn't complain, it evaluates to the option. If it failed, it evaluates to nothing. Very use

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-20 Thread Ulf Samuelsson
> ---snip--- > >> > >> > My postion remains that U-Boot is supplied to build with the latest >> > ELDK toolchain. >> > Supporting all possible toolchains (and all possible builds of those >> > toolchains) >> > is too much effort. >> >> Since I have already implemented a fix in my private U-boot

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-20 Thread Ulf Samuelsson
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:33:47 +0100 > "Ulf Samuelsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In this case, reality and the map differs. >> NWFPE toolchains built by cross-tool, buildroot, and www.gnuarm.com >> not sure abnout the last) all bombs when they reach the "-msoft-float" > > You mean they don

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-20 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:33:47 +0100 "Ulf Samuelsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this case, reality and the map differs. > NWFPE toolchains built by cross-tool, buildroot, and www.gnuarm.com > not sure abnout the last) all bombs when they reach the "-msoft-float" You mean they don't recognize

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-20 Thread Peter Pearse
> -Original Message- > From: Ulf Samuelsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 February 2008 00:40 > To: Peter Pearse > Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM > compiler options > ---snip--- > > > > My postion remains that

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-19 Thread Ulf Samuelsson
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> >> >> If so I'll put -msoft-float in all arm config.mk files. >> >> Please DON'T! >> This *forces* you to compile U-Boot with a compiler suite which is >> configured to generate soft-float. > > I think this is not correct. Even if your compiler is n

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Denk
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > >> If so I'll put -msoft-float in all arm config.mk files. > > Please DON'T! > This *forces* you to compile U-Boot with a compiler suite which is > configured to generate soft-float. I think this is not correct. Even if your compiler is not configure

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-18 Thread Ulf Samuelsson
>> > >> > Please don't add too many empty lines. >> > >> >> OK - I'll change thie when I re-submit. >> I just like to be able to ripple thru my buffers to animate >> the differences between almost identical files. >> >> > Why exactly are you dropping -msoft-float here? >> >> I was under the

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Denk
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:20:18 - > "Peter Pearse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The use of floating point arithmetic in the U-Boot code is > > > deprecated. > > I'd say it's more than deprecated -- we shouldn't be using floating > point arithmet

Re: [U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-18 Thread Haavard Skinnemoen
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:20:18 - "Peter Pearse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The use of floating point arithmetic in the U-Boot code is > > deprecated. I'd say it's more than deprecated -- we shouldn't be using floating point arithmetic at all in u-boot. IMNSHO. Haavard ---

[U-Boot-Users] FW: [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM compiler options

2008-02-18 Thread Peter Pearse
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Pearse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 February 2008 13:59 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH][ARM] Rationalize ARM > compiler options > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE