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Re: gdb/155: Use FPU emulator


The following reply was made to PR gdb/155; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com, gdb-prs@sources.redhat.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: gdb/155: Use FPU emulator
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 14:39:19 -0400

 http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=155
 
 Jim Wilson at redhat pointed out that GCC have similar problems and 
 suggested glibc as a source for the code.  Jim wrote:
 
 > Here is Torbjorn's code
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/1999-07n/msg00553.html
 > 
 > This is what Richard Henderson said:
 > If you're evaluating replacements, also consider the soft-fp code that
 > Jakub and I wrote for the linux kernel and glibc.  It is most definitely
 > faster than fp-bit, and is thought to be accurate to .5 ulp in all cases.
 > Leastwise we havn't found a case for which it is not.
 > See the soft-fp directory in the glibc cvs archive on sources.
 > 
 > Jim
 
 
 Andrew
 
 


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