patches/glibc/2.7/170-use_short_for_fnstsw.patch
author Esben Haabendal <esben.haabendal@prevas.dk>
Wed Sep 26 16:37:31 2012 +0200 (2012-09-26)
changeset 3066 43ace4bb005e
parent 612 fc9588d57c0f
permissions -rw-r--r--
samples: add new m68k-unknown-uclinux-uclibc sample

Signed-off-by: "Esben Haabendal" <esben@haabendal.dk>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: upgrade to using gcc-4.7.2]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Message-Id: <87r4pod1hm.fsf@arh128.prevas.dk>
PatchWork-Id: 187182
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Original patch from H.J. Lu, as reported there:
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http://www.nabble.com/PATCH:-Use-short-for-fnstsw-td14775171.html
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fnstsw stores 16bit into %ax. The upper 16bit of %eax is unchanged.
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The new assembler (binutils-2.18.50.0.4 and up) will disallow "fnstsw %eax".
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diff -dur glibc-2.7.orig/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c glibc-2.7/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c
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--- glibc-2.7.orig/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c	2004-03-05 11:14:48.000000000 +0100
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+++ glibc-2.7/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c	2008-06-24 10:54:43.000000000 +0200
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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 int
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 fetestexcept (int excepts)
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 {
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-  int temp;
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+  short temp;
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   int xtemp = 0;
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   /* Get current exceptions.  */