[PATCH 2 of 2] cc/gcc: 4.4.5, add arm-softfloat-libgcc patch from buildroot

[ng@piments.com]

On 13/11/10 19:56, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Bryan, Khem, All,
>
> On Saturday 13 November 2010 19:09:18 Bryan Hundven wrote:
>>> >  >  The patch is needed for a toolchain configured with old ABI (oabi) and
>>> >  >  soft float
>>> >  >  as old abi is stale and obsolete upstream gcc has no interest in this
>>> >  >  patch. that said
>>> >  >  you dont need it if you do not build oabi toolchains. Most of stuff
>>> >  >  these days use eabi
>>> >  >  and eabi toolchains dont require it. Does ct-ng supprt oabi toolchains ?
> Yes, crostool-NG still has the ability to build OABI toolchains.
> I know that OABI is deprecated, but there are still systems out
> there that use OABI, and for which upgrading to EABI is simply
> not feasible.
>

Thanks Yann,

as you point out OABI is deprecated but not obselete. There is world of 
applications in embedded systems where hardware and software requires 
much longer lifetimes.

This in one area where a tool like ct-ng is very useful.

I thank you for recognising the need to support OABI and encourage you 
to continue this policy.

best regards. Peter.


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