Re: i386 compatibility & libstdc++
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 05:06:00PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 25 April 2003 15:43, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > See the beginning of this thread; the problem is that libstdc++ has
> > drawn a line between 386 and 486.
>
> No, the only thing that is enforced is that i386 systems cannot use the
> i486+ ABI. It is a very possible solution to have use the i386 ABI on any
> system and the i486+ ABI only on i686+.
That sounds contrary to what Matthias originally said:
> > - Trying to "fix" this resulted in libstdc++5 packages built for
> > i386 and ix86, and selecting the atomicity implementation based on
> > target cpu macros. This approach doesn't work, as I learned now.
> > See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2003-04/msg00394.html: It's
> > not possible to mix the two implementations.
> If we really want to split i386 in 'compatible' and 'fast', the i686
> border makes sense because users who care about speed probably bought the
> machine during the last two years and those should be i686 compatible.
I agree.
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- mdz
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