floating point

From: jyliuZeroZero(replace_with_2_0s) (_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/01/04

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    Hi all,

    I am working on an embedded powerpc system and found that floating point
    computation doesn't work. I enabled kernel math emulator when building
    kernel image. I also tried to compile glibc with either --with-fp or
    --without-fp, and compile applications with either -msoft-float or
    without it. But none of combination (--w/o-fp vs. -msoft-float) works,
    the floating computation result is just not right. Does anybody know the
    what else I may do, either in kernel, toolchains or application?

    Thanks.

    Regards,

    Jingyu Liu

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