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Re: [PATCH] Use ieee754/dbl-64/wordsize-64 on powerpc64
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- To: rsa at us dot ibm dot com
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Adhemerval Zanella <azanella at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:32:45 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use ieee754/dbl-64/wordsize-64 on powerpc64
- References: <m2bofjocyv.fsf@igel.home><1352133140.10806.111.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Ryan Arnold <rsa@us.ibm.com> writes:
> Considering the myriad permutations depending on configuration can you
> describe the perceived necessity of this change?
It's not a necessity, just an optimisation. It moves powerpc64 in the
same boat as the other 64-bit archs which do not use ldbl-opt.
Andreas.
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