From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2450 invoked by alias); 13 Apr 2007 13:53:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 2442 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Apr 2007 13:53:22 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from return.false.org (HELO return.false.org) (66.207.162.98) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:53:20 +0100 Received: from return.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by return.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB6134B267; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:53:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (dsl093-172-095.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.172.95]) by return.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE79E4B262; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:53:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HcMDE-0003Cg-Ue; Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:53:16 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:53:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Paul Brook Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Floating point types in target descriptions Message-ID: <20070413135316.GA12300@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Brook , gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <200704131348.10042.paul@codesourcery.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200704131348.10042.paul@codesourcery.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-09) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-04/txt/msg00197.txt.bz2 On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 01:48:09PM +0100, Paul Brook wrote: > The patch below adds ieee_single and ieee_double predefined types for use in > XML target descriptions. These are needed to describe vector types with > floating point elements. > > I considered using "float"/"double" and/or "float32"/"float64". However the > former are ambiguous with the "float" register type, and the latter don't > really tell you want you're getting. If targets need non-ieee types they can > add them like arm_fpa_ext. > > Ok? Thanks, this is OK. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery