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| author | Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2016-10-11 13:50:19 -0300 |
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| committer | Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-06-26 14:58:47 -0300 |
| commit | 4efe3ce400d763b6c8186dd389371f6359b05c54 (patch) | |
| tree | df3a5d8b3f6fe68bcee0181b50282a8e3250ccc0 /manual/install.texi | |
| parent | d54bb9b1d3fd25779fba2c403003c5097ba9af73 (diff) | |
powerpc64le: Check for compiler features for float128
On powerpc64le, support for float128 will be enabled, which requires some
compiler features to be present. This patch adds a configure test to check
for such features, which are provided for powerpc64le since GCC 6.2.
Tested for powerpc64 and powerpc64le.
* INSTALL: Regenerate.
* manual/install.texi (Recommended Tools for Compilation): Mention
the powerpc64le-specific requirement in the manual.
* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64le/configure.ac: New file with checks
for the compiler features required for building float128.
* sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64le/configure: New, auto-generated file.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/install.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/install.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 65174a8b2e..ff5661a4fd 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ the newest version of the compiler that is known to work for building release time, GCC 6.3 is the newest compiler verified to work to build @theglibc{}. +For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), GCC 6.2 or higher is +required. This compiler version is the first to provide the features +required for building @theglibc{} with support for @code{_Float128}. + For multi-arch support it is recommended to use a GCC which has been built with support for GNU indirect functions. This ensures that correct debugging information is generated for functions selected by IFUNC resolvers. This |