Charles Baker wrote: [snip] > -xarch=sparcfmaf > Accept instructions defined for the sparcfmaf > version of the SPARC-V9 ISA, plus the > UltraSPARC extensions, including the Visual > Instruction Set (VIS) version 1.0, the > UltraSPARC-III extensions, including the Visual > Instruction Set (VIS) version 2.0, and the > SPARC64 VI extensions for floating-point > multiply-add.
Does the kernel provide an emulation trap for the case that the CPU doesn't implement the multiply-add instruction (or will the loader look at the capabilty bits in the ELF object and prevent that an application loads such a library ?) ? ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
