Oops, I meant to post this to buildroot list, sorry!
Please ignore it here!
-R

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:42:47AM -0400, Ralph Siemsen wrote:
> 
> Short:
> 
> The gcc -mfloat-abi option should only be passed for ARM builds
> unless I am mis-reading the gcc documentation...
> 
> Long:
> 
> When I build a toolchain for powerpc with buildroot (current SVN)
> this results in a compiler that doesn't accept -mfloat-abi option:
> 
> # $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/powerpc-linux-uclibc-gcc --version
> powerpc-linux-uclibc-gcc (GCC) 4.2.0
> Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> # $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/powerpc-linux-uclibc-gcc -mfloat-abi test.c
> cc1: error: unrecognized command line option "-mfloat-abi"
> 
> The failure is observed while compiling openssl.  Its makefile does:
>     $(SED) 's,/CFLAG=,/CFLAG= $(TARGET_SOFT_FLOAT) ,g' \
>                 $(OPENSSL_DIR)/Configure
> where TARGET_SOFT_FLOAT comes from toolchain/gcc/Makefile.in:
>       ifeq ($(findstring x4.,x$(GCC_VERSION)),x4.)
>       SOFT_FLOAT_CONFIG_OPTION:=--with-float=soft
>       ifeq ($(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT_FP),y)
>       TARGET_SOFT_FLOAT:=-mfloat-abi=softfp
>       else # no fp at all
>       TARGET_SOFT_FLOAT:=-mfloat-abi=soft
>       #endif
>       else # not gcc-4.x
>       TARGET_SOFT_FLOAT:=-msoft-float
>       endif
> 
> So if using gcc4x then -mfloat-abi is passed unconditionally.
> (And, because BR2_SOFT_FLOAT_FP is commented out in Config.in,
>  the value "soft" is always chosen, never "softfp", but that's
>  not my issue at the moment).
> 
> I believe the gcc4 check in toolchain/gcc/Makefile.in should
> only set the -mfloat-abi for ARM architecture.  I can try cobbling
> together a patch for this, but as I am not entirely sure it is
> the right answer, I thought I'd get some feedback first.
> 
> Thanks,
> -R
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