m68k cross and floats

[Matthew Majka]

Doug Evans wrote:
> 
>    Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 11:26:23 -0500
>    From: Greg Allen <gallen@arlut.utexas.edu>
> 
>    I'm trying to build:
>    m68k-coff on sparc-sun-solaris2.6
> 
>    I'm using binutils-2.8.1, gcc-2.7.2.3, newlib-1.8.0
> 
>    According to "the list", I need gcc-2.7.2.3 for m68k.  I need soft float
>    support, but there is no cygnus patch for gcc-2.7.2.3.
> 
>    Is there a reason for this, or is the world just waiting for me to make the
>    2.7.2.2 patch work on 2.7.2.3?
> 
> There isn't a 2.7.2.3 patch because I didn't have time to make one.
> The 2.7.2.2 patch applies cleanly to 2.7.2.3 and studying the diffs
> from 2.7.2.2 to 2.7.2.3 suggests there's no reason to believe it won't
> work.  I could create a copy of the 2.7.2.2 patch for 2.7.2.3 on the ftp site
> and mark it as untested, but one can argue that's dubious.  If someone
> has actually used the patch then please let me know.

I used the 2.7.2.2 patch with 2.7.2.3 without any problems on m68k-coff.

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