On Tue, Jul 06, 2010, Wookey wrote: > The reason is that softfp will work on devices with and without FPUs. > hardfp only works on devices with fpus, whilst still allowing the > optional use of FPU units when present. So for a binary distribution > it makes sense as the most general option.
To clarify, softfp requires a FPU, but uses the same ABI as soft, so you can have an OS with soft and softfp libs (e.g. with hwcaps) which works on both type of systems > Some of this is considered here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Specs/M/ARMDpkgWishlist > (in 'capabilities') Notes from the session: http://people.canonical.com/~lool/dmart-uds-m-notes/arm-m-dpkg-wishlist.txt -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
