RE: [iPAQ] Wish List

Hello;

Last week I added an 'ARM Floating Point Notes' link to:

http://www.handhelds.org/minihowto/index.html

This Link explains all of this in agonizing detail. Please read.

Best Regards,

--George

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamey Hicks [mailto:jamey@crl.dec.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 12:11 PM
> To: 'averell@ntt.co.uk'; ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: RE: [iPAQ] Wish List
>
>
> Graham,
>
> I guess some of these answers should go into the porting HOWTO on
> handhelds.org.
>
> The kernel supports hard float via traps. If the application
> does not have
> alot of floating point, then compiling with hard float (the
> default), will
> generate a smaller binary. If the application does have alot
> of floating
> point, then compiling with -msoft-float gives better performance.
>
> Cross-compiling is often a headache.
>
> Hmm, we need some nice xscale machines on the internet for
> the development
> platform.
>
> -Jamey
>
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 11 10:13:25 2000