[OE-core] [PATCH 1/4] base.bbclass: Add compatibility package name mapping handler

[Phil Blundell]

On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 17:06 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> From the conversations I had with ARM they implied that it isn't optional for cortex a8/9/15, only neon is (e.g. marvell dove, nvidia tegra2). I haven't seen any black on white contracts saying that, though :)

The spec on the web seems to say fairly clearly that it's optional, at
least in theory.  I guess they might have commercial reasons for not
wanting to sell it without VFP in any given situation.

See:

http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a5.php?tab=Specifications

for example

p.