Re: PATCH: BZ 464: IA64 math functions aren't weak

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>]

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H. J. Lu wrote:
> There are always
> be cases where a user wants some highly optimized math functions for
> his/her specific target and/or environment to get the last bit of
> floating point performance.

This is just a poor excuse to not get the code inglibc to perform well.
 And beside, this all is a complete non-issue in the supported mode of
operation: using shared libraries.  Static linking is nothing anybody
should ever do.  And once again: stop it.  There won't be a change.
Submit improvements to the existing code.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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