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| author | Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gabrielftg@linux.ibm.com> | 2019-07-11 11:48:28 -0300 |
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| committer | Paul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2020-04-30 08:52:08 -0500 |
| commit | 051be01f6b41a1466b07ae4bd7f5894a8ec5fe67 (patch) | |
| tree | ed6a5039071b23a77ff5f7f52570bff2b1023da2 /NEWS | |
| parent | 5c7ccc29830fb59d39d67222caca5b4bd6ca2e0f (diff) | |
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powerpc64le: Enable support for IEEE long double
On platforms where long double may have two different formats, i.e.: the same format as double (64-bits) or something else (128-bits), building with -mlong-double-128 is the default and function calls in the user program match the name of the function in Glibc. When building with -mlong-double-64, Glibc installed headers redirect such calls to the appropriate function. Likewise, the internals of glibc are now built against IEEE long double. However, the only (minimally) notable usage of long double is difftime. Reviewed-by: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e60f83a947..141078c319 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Major new features: * The GNU C Library now loads audit modules listed in the DT_AUDIT and DT_DEPAUDIT dynamic section entries of the main executable. +* powerpc64le supports IEEE128 long double libm/libc redirects when + using the -mabi=ieeelongdouble to compile C code on supported GCC + toolchains. It is recommended to use GCC 8 or newer when testing + this option. + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been |