patches/glibc/2.7/170-use_short_for_fnstsw.patch
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Mon Mar 14 22:16:01 2011 +0100 (2011-03-14)
changeset 2335 805e9f2a06fa
parent 612 fc9588d57c0f
permissions -rw-r--r--
samples: new PPC e300c3 sample

Gustavo wrote:

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Attached my ct-ng e300c3 toolchain config for:

powerpc-e300c3-linux-gnu [l X]
OS : linux-2.6.36.3
Companion libs : gmp-5.0.1 mpfr-3.0.0 ppl-0.10.2 cloog-ppl-0.15.10 mpc-0.8.2 libelf-0.8.13
binutils : binutils-2.21
C compiler : gcc-4.5.2 (C,C++)
C library : eglibc-2_12
Tools :
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Reported-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
["Yann E. MORIN" : updated to match new config options]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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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.  */