compile kernel with hard float support
Stefan Parvu
sparvu at kronometrix.org
Thu Oct 1 09:24:41 UTC 2015
> No, armv6 is built with softfp. This means the compiler is free to use
> the VFP, but when passing floating-point data between functions it
> needs to copy this to the general-purpose registers.
>
> Even without this the helper functions detect the presence of the VFP
> unit and make use of this when available.
right. Got it. Thanks for explanation.
> The kernel doesn't use any floating-point hardware, other than to
> enable and disable it in the VFP driver. As such it doesn't matter if
> you've built the kernel for hard-float or not, it will make no
> difference to the code generated.
ok, I see. Ok this probable wont make any difference to my case.
Right. 10 x thanks.
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Stefan Parvu <sparvu at kronometrix.org>
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