We need this change too. We have e5500 CPU’s in our AmigaOnes. — Christian
Sent from my iPhone > On 9. Feb 2018, at 11:34, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > >> On 02/09/2018 11:30 AM, Bas Vermeulen wrote: >> mator on #debian-ports compiled gcc-7 for me with the attached patch. >> With the resulting gcc, I compiled glibc and got a library I can use >> sqrtf without running into an illegal instruction exception. >> Would it be possible to get this applied by default? The resulting >> binaries work on e6500, and ought to work on all supported CPUs >> for the ppc64 port. > > This is something that needs to be discussed. A single user alone shouldn't > warrant such major change in a port. You always have to keep in mind that > changing the default compiler options also has potential impact on the > performance on more modern ppc64 systems like Apple Macintosh. > > So, while I'm generally not against such a change, I would like to hear > some voices first. > > Thanks, > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de > `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 >
