patches/glibc/2.7/170-use_short_for_fnstsw.patch
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Mon Oct 27 18:42:26 2008 +0000 (2008-10-27)
changeset 1001 c8ac48ba1411
parent 612 fc9588d57c0f
permissions -rw-r--r--
Enhance the make fragments:
- comment the different parts
- re-order the code so that it is homogeneous amogst fragments
- eye-candy in some existing comments

/trunk/tools/tools.mk | 17 15 2 0 +++++++++++++++--
/trunk/steps.mk | 38 26 12 0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
/trunk/samples/samples.mk | 41 28 13 0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
/trunk/config/config.mk | 2 1 1 0 +-
4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
     1 Original patch from H.J. Lu, as reported there:
     2 http://www.nabble.com/PATCH:-Use-short-for-fnstsw-td14775171.html
     3 
     4 fnstsw stores 16bit into %ax. The upper 16bit of %eax is unchanged.
     5 The new assembler (binutils-2.18.50.0.4 and up) will disallow "fnstsw %eax".
     6 
     7 diff -dur glibc-2.7.orig/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c glibc-2.7/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c
     8 --- glibc-2.7.orig/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c	2004-03-05 11:14:48.000000000 +0100
     9 +++ glibc-2.7/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c	2008-06-24 10:54:43.000000000 +0200
    10 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    11  int
    12  fetestexcept (int excepts)
    13  {
    14 -  int temp;
    15 +  short temp;
    16    int xtemp = 0;
    17  
    18    /* Get current exceptions.  */