Re: Proposal to switch powerpc64le to IEEE-754 binary128

Adrian Chadd <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:27:27 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ppc
Message-ID <CAJ-Vmok3bMObNLB9ANbd=5LYCYH+CwdKfsA6VrOLKCOzZQUq9g@mail.gmail.com>
Done!

Let's break stuff.


-a

On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 at 11:49, Piotr Kubaj <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 26-06-14 15:48:51, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 at 14:39, Piotr Kubaj <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > Ok. Let's pick a date and give anyone else a chance to speak up before
> > > > you pull the lever and commit us to the path!
> > > Is next Saturday 20.06 OK?
> >
> > Sure, just keep in mind people will be at BSDCan 2026 :-)
> >
> > Do you have diffs up for the ports? Eg the ports will need to know
> > that if they're targeting 15 they should build the old abi, but 16
> > after a certain point they should target a different abi?
> >
> >
> >
> > -adrian
>
> I have some diffs for ports. For some ports, the fix will be applied
> to all versions, but for others fixes will have to applied via
> EXTRA_PATCHES, based on OS version.
>
> If the patch is OK to commit, can you accept it in Phabricator?