[PATCHv3, MIPS] Add support for O32 FPXX and program header based ABI information

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Sun, 19 Oct 2014, Matthew Fortune wrote:

> The patch is not dependent on the HWCAP patch.  I have hardcoded the logic

Where does the definition of HWCAP_MIPS_MSA that this patch uses come 
from?

> to assume that the HWCAPs are never set.  This simply means that any ASE
> which was defined before MSA is accepted and anything from MSA to any
> future ASE is rejected.

Did we actually reach an architecture-independent consensus on the 
desirability or otherwise of such checks for future ISA extensions (a 
whole-toolchain issue, not just a glibc one)?  Did the 
architecture-independent discussion on this even get started?

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com