Bug#451046: qt4-x11 makes inconsistent use of floats and doubles

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:05:46AM +0000, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > Package: qt4-x11
> > Version: 4.3.2-1
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: patch
> > 
> > When investigating the build failure of ktoon on mips/mipsel/arm
> > I found it comes down to two problems in qt4-x11:
> > 
> > a) It mis-assumes that non-IRIX MIPS systems generally have no FPU.
> >    The appended patch fixes that.
> 
> My decstation 5000s have a MIPS3000 and also a 3000 series FPU.  They
> certainly aren't from SGI and don't run IRIX.  They are also little
> endian of course to make life more interesting.
> 
> So yes assuming a non SGI mips has no FPU is not a valid assumption.

To pick a more modern example: The best thing you can buy in terms of
TFlops/kW is currently a MIPS: http://www.sicortex.com/ :-)


Thiemo