i386 and soft-float

J. Johnston jjohnstn@redhat.com
Fri May 16 07:00:00 GMT 2003


Timo,

   What multilibs get built is controlled by gcc.  See FAQ #5 on the newlib web-site.
If multilibs are built, then using the associated commands when you compile/link
will link with the correct library.

-- Jeff J.

Timo Ketola wrote:
> silverio.di@qem.it wrote:
> 
>> I guess
>>   gcc -msoft-float ....... libgcc.a
>>
>>                       Timo Ketola
>>                       <timo.ketola@epec.fi        Per:      
>> newlib@sources.redhat.com
>>                       >                           Cc:
>>                       Inviato da:                 Oggetto:  i386 and 
>> soft-float
>>                       newlib-owner@sources
>>                       .redhat.com
>>
>>                       12/05/03 14.51
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm a little lost with the newlib:
>>
>> What is a correct way to configure the newlib to use software floating
>> point math for i386?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Timo
>>
> 
> Thanks for the answer! However, I think that your answer is for how to 
> compile an application. My problem is on how to configure and build the 
> library. I think that also the library should be built with -msoft-float 
> option but I'm not able to find any suitable options for the ./configure 
> command. Or am I completely lost?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Timo
> 




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