From: "Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gabrielftg@linux.ibm.com>
Changes since v2:
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No changes since v1.
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This patch adds IEEE long double versions of q*cvt* functions for
powerpc64le. Unlike all other long double to/from string conversion
functions, these do not rely on internal functions that can take
floating-point numbers with different formats and act on them
accordingly, instead, the related files are rebuilt with the
-mabi=ieeelongdouble compiler flag set.
Having -mabi=ieeelongdouble passed to the compiler causes the object
files to be marked with a .gnu_attribute that is incompatible with the
.gnu_attribute in files built with -mabi=ibmlongdouble (the default).
The difference causes error messages similar to the following:
ld: libc_pic.a(s_isinfl.os) uses IBM long double,
libc_pic.a(ieee128-qefgcvt_r.os) uses IEEE long double.
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [../Makerules:649: libc_pic.os] Error 1
Although this warning is useful in other situations, the library
actually needs to have functions with different long double formats, so
.gnu_attribute generation is explicitly disabled for these files with
the use of -mno-gnu-attribute.
Tested for powerpc64le on the branch that actually enables the
sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm-compat for powerpc64le.