Hello! -mfp-trap-mode=sui is needed in addition to -mieee to compile fenv.c for older alphas to generate inexact exceptions.
2013-07-18 Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> * configure.tgt (alpha*): Add -mfp-trap-mode=sui to XCFLAGS. Tested on alpha-linux-gnu, committed to mainline SVN. Uros. Index: configure.tgt =================================================================== --- configure.tgt (revision 212748) +++ configure.tgt (working copy) @@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ # work out any special compilation flags as necessary. case "${target_cpu}" in - alpha*) ARCH=alpha ;; + alpha*) + # fenv.c needs this option to generate inexact exceptions. + XCFLAGS="${XCFLAGS} -mfp-trap-mode=sui" + ARCH=alpha + ;; rs6000 | powerpc*) ARCH=powerpc ;; sh*) ARCH=sh ;;