From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 14 11: 6:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D1DD37B405; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:06:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.11.6/8.11.4) id g2EJ6OY30829; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:06:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:06:24 -0800 From: Steve Kargl To: Raymond Wiker Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gcc -O broken in CURRENT Message-ID: <20020314110624.A15617@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <200203141846.g2EIkbI08862@zonzorp.canada.sun.com> <15504.61694.930172.982141@raw.grenland.fast.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <15504.61694.930172.982141@raw.grenland.fast.no>; from Raymond.Wiker@fast.no on Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:50:38PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:50:38PM +0100, Raymond Wiker wrote: > ozan s. yigit writes: > > > Add the -ffloat-store flag to your compilation flags (or > > > add -msoft-float). > > > > that really means for this compiler on certain platforms, you > > can have slow and correct or fast and incorrect, but NOT fast > > and correct. > > Actually, if -ffloat-store is the solution, the problem arises > because you have fast and *too* correct. > If the gcc manual is to be believed, then yes you are correct. If you really want to investigate FreeBSD FP/math capabilities search for UCBTEST or visit www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jhauser/arithmetic/TestFloat.html -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message