Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:33:46 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas! Message-ID: <16000.34026.634358.164828@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030325162746.GC64175@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20030317161219.GA1429@sunbay.com> <200303181645.h2IGjcuG035185@vashon.polstra.com> <20030321053255.GA67634@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030324174551.GA55549@dragon.nuxi.com> <200303241830.h2OIUQix007424@vashon.polstra.com> <15999.20606.848713.334572@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20030325040057.GD12961@dragon.nuxi.com> <16000.24970.493746.357815@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20030325162746.GC64175@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien writes: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 09:02:50AM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > David O'Brien writes: > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:37:50PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > So, I think that making it the default is probably the best. As long > > > > as somebody can turn it off with -mnoieee or something. > > > > > > Unfortnately, that is hard to do (turning it off). :-( > > > Do I commit my patches if it means one cannot turn it off? > > > > Darn. > > > > My opinion is that its rather important for users to be able to turn > > it off. > > > > Assuming we went the other route, and built the world and ports with > > -mieee, how many Makefile changes would be involved? > > Ports, one -- /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk > /usr/src, one -- /usr/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk OK, if its hard to implement a -nomieee, then I think it would be best to simply change the Makefiles to add -mieee. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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