[PATCH v3 7/7] powerpc64le: Enable float128

Andreas Schwab schwab@suse.de
Tue Jun 27 07:20:00 GMT 2017


On Jun 23 2017, "Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> +* Support is added, on powerpc64le, for interfaces supporting the _Float128
> +  type from ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:2015.  Most of the interfaces are taken from
> +  TS 18661-3.  The type-generic macros in <math.h> support this type, but
> +  those in <tgmath.h> do not.  The GNU C Library now requires GCC 6.2 or
> +  later to build for powerpc64le.  When used with GCC versions before GCC
> +  7, these interfaces may be used with the type under the non-standard name
> +  __float128.

You also need to check that the compiler actually supports float128.

Andreas.

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