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Date:      Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:30:26 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        alpha@freebsd.org
Cc:        obrien@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas!
Message-ID:  <200303241830.h2OIUQix007424@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030324174551.GA55549@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <20030317161219.GA1429@sunbay.com> <200303181645.h2IGjcuG035185@vashon.polstra.com> <20030321053255.GA67634@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030324174551.GA55549@dragon.nuxi.com>

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In article <20030324174551.GA55549@dragon.nuxi.com>,
David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> 
> I have a mostly ready patch to make -mieee the default.  But I just
> wanted to double check that we really want this, and not just adding
> -mieee to CFLAGS for /usr/src.

Good question. :-)

> Also do we want -mieee-with-inexact instead of -mieee?  I'm not enough of
> an FP guy to totally grasp the differences.  (see
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.2.2/gcc/DEC-Alpha-Options.html#DEC%20Alpha%20Options)

I think we just want -mieee.

John
-- 
  John Polstra
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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