Re: Proposal to switch powerpc64le to IEEE-754 binary128

From: Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:02:44 UTC
On 26-06-14 15:48:51, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 at 14:39, Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > Ok. Let's pick a date and give anyone else a chance to speak up before
> > > you pull the lever and commit us to the path!
> > Is next Saturday 20.06 OK?
> 
> Sure, just keep in mind people will be at BSDCan 2026 :-)
> 
> Do you have diffs up for the ports? Eg the ports will need to know
> that if they're targeting 15 they should build the old abi, but 16
> after a certain point they should target a different abi?
> 
> 
> 
> -adrian

I have some diffs for ports. For some ports, the fix will be applied
to all versions, but for others fixes will have to applied via
EXTRA_PATCHES, based on OS version.

If the patch is OK to commit, can you accept it in Phabricator?