Re: Running OABI executables on armhf
On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 01:43:59PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> got an A20/CubieTruck and was wondering whether it's still possbile to
> run old ABI executables. So I re-compiled the sunxi kernel (3.4.79)
> with CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT=y but no avail: "Illegal instruction" for both
> busybox (from busybox-static_1.10.2-2_arm.deb) and any program in a
> lenny arm chroot. On armel hardware, at least busybox runs fine.
>
> Is running old ABI binaries still supposed to work on armhf, so
> something is wrong on my side? If yes, where should I start to look?
Did you remember to also have the netwinder FPU emulator enabled?
I suspect modern arm chips don't waste transisters emulating the old
awful original ARM FPU.
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Len Sorensen
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