[oe] iwwmmxt optimization and soft float in OE on PXA270

Stanislav Brabec utx at penguin.cz
Mon Mar 3 10:48:28 UTC 2008


Koen Kooi wrote:

> Angstrom already enables softfloat (for FPU-less systems) and -Os by
> default *and* enables iwmmxt (if you have MACHINE_FEATURES = "iwmmxt")
> for apps which have been proven to benefit from iwmmxt (e.g. mplayer).

Ah, I see. ABI-compatible softfp mode is enabled by patching gcc, not in
conf files.

> I still get mysterious segfaults when running an all iwmmxt glibc system
> (uclibc is even worse), so I don't think flipping the global switch is a
> good idea.

Which applications are failing for you?

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