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

[Phil Blundell]

On Sat, 2011-07-30 at 11:43 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 04:13:47 PM Phil Blundell wrote:
> > 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=Specificat
> > ions
> > 
> > for example
> 
> thats only for for a5. For procesors koen mentioned VFP is mandatory

Oh yeah, you're right.  Sorry, I didn't read his email carefully enough.

The original question, though, was whether VFP is mandatory for the
ARMv7-A architecture.  Irrespective of what the situation is with
A8/A9/A15, Cortex-A5 is still an ARMv7-A processor and hence VFP can't
be mandatory for the architecture as a whole.

p.