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Re: [PATCH 08/13] powerpc64le: Enforce -mabi=ibmlongdouble when -mfloat128 used


On Fri, 6 Mar 2020, Paul E. Murphy wrote:

> +# All _Float128 files should be built assuming an ibm128 long double.
> +# Likewise, this avoids some old GCC 7 compiler bugs whereby calls
> +# to __mulkc3 are swapped with __multc3, or worse.
> +type-float128-CFLAGS += $(type-ldouble-CFLAGS)

When referencing compiler bugs in comments, please always give the bug 
number / exact reference to fixing commit or version to help us know in 
future when such code in glibc is obsolete with the minimum supported GCC 
version.  I'm guessing this is bug 84914.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


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