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Re: armhf: neon instruction ?



On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 03:49:56PM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Dear arm porters,
> 
> Could someone please clarify if I can build a package using gcc flags such as:
> 
> -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard -mfp16-format=ieee
> 
> Ref:
> 
> * https://salsa.debian.org/debian-phototools-team/highway/-/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt#L182-185

Well the debian armhf specification does NOT require neon support,
so packages should not require neon unless it is optional and provided
as runtime detected code or an alternate library to load or whatever
method works.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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