Re: Bug#770009: convert(1) very slow on mips with no FPU

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 1:36 AM, James Cowgill <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-08-15 at 23:18 +0200, roucaries bastien wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:30 PM, roucaries bastien
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:16 PM, roucaries bastien
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 9:43 PM, James Cowgill <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > > Yes the ABI is different - you need a recompiled glibc (at least) to
>> > > > use -msoft-float.
>> > >
>> > > Could this handled like libc-i686 ? It will be really helpful to have
>> > > a soft-float version and use ld.so to switch between.
>> >
>> > They are a thread here about multilib
>> > https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/cross-distro/2012-April/000167.html
>
> It could work, but I don't think mixed soft/hard float systems are
> supported very well (probably not many people are crazy enough to want
> this). You would need to use an alternate (and non standard) dynamic
> linker path, and some patches will be needed so ld/ld.so chooses the
> right library.
>
>> BTW information about mips box are outdated here
>> https://wiki.debian.org/MIPSPort
>
> Thanks. I can add some of the newer buildds, but I don't know exactly
> which ones have been retired.


Could you also add where they are FPU ?

Thanks
>> It worked under ball but it seems ball was retired...
>
> I think ball did have an FPU.
> Thanks,
> James