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Re: gdb/155: Use FPU emulator
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- To: nobody at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-prs at sources dot redhat dot com,
- Date: 7 Apr 2002 18:48:00 -0000
- Subject: Re: gdb/155: Use FPU emulator
- Reply-to: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
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