On 10/23/2010 8:48 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
I propose, that we don't specify softfp as the baseline for complience,
but rather say that current softfp is temporary phase and we will move
to hardfp as soon as possible, potentially in 1.1 update if we will have
such a thing.
I think that's a bad idea. We can't switch to hardfp without a full binary
compatibility break. So it should be done at the new release, 1.2.
That also means devices upgrading from MeeGo 1.1 to 1.2 will need a full
reinstall/flashing. No applications from any repository or store will survive
and need to be recompiled.
on the x86 side we had a similar dillema; using x87 for parameter
passing is very painful (since we do the actual fpu ops on the --much faster
and easier to use for the compiler-- SSE units)...
but for compatibility reasons we have not done so yet.
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