EPICS Re: mv162 only

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Subject:	Re: mv162 only
From:	[email protected] (Rozelle Wright)
To:	[email protected]
Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 96 10:38:45 MDT

> From [email protected] Mon Jun 10 08:56:27 1996
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> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 09:53:01 -0500
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> Subject: Re: mv162 only
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> >Q: Why does this happen?
> > 
> >In file CONFIG_SITE, I set
> > 
> >CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS=mv162
> > 
> >since the only crate processor I have is a mv162.
> >Then I rebuilt EPICS R3.12.2 base.
> > 
> >Here's the output from when the crate boots.
> >-----------------------------% clip here %-----------------------------
> >ld < targetmv162/iocCore
> >undefined symbol: ___eqdf2
> >undefined symbol: ___gtdf2
> >
> >...
> 
> This is because you have 'soft-float' defined somewhere and are not loading
> the floating point emulation libraries that come with vxWorks.  I don't
> know *how* you are supposed to load them... I don't use that stuff, but
> I suspect that if you build vxWorks for soft-float, they are built in.
> 
> I also suspect that you have a board with floating point on it... are loading
> the vxWorks w/o soft-float (as you should for that board) and are just building
> EPICS wrong (for a soft-float environment.)
> 
> >Q: Do I need to compile for BOTH the mv162 AND the mv167?
> >That is,
> >CONFIG_SITE: CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS=mv162 mv167
> 
> Not that I am aware of.
> 
> >Q: Is this a bug?
> 
> Nope.  It is a feature ;-)
> 
> 
> --John Winans
> 
Yet one more comment on using EPICS for 162's which have floating point:

If you look at the difference between
CONFIG_ARCH.mv162 and CONFIG_ARCH.mv167 in the config directory the
only difference is
>portia:config% diff CONFIG_ARCH.mv162 CONFIG_ARCH.mv167 
17c17
< ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS = -DCPU=MC68040 -msoft-float -DCPU_FAMILY=MC680X0
---
> ARCH_DEP_CFLAGS = -DCPU=MC68040 -m68040 -DCPU_FAMILY=MC680X0

So, if you designate your 
CROSS_COMPILER_TARGET_ARCHS=mv162
you will by default get -msoft-float.

This happened to me when I was helping someone set up a system
with 162's which had floating point.  I just
had them use epics for the 167 instead of the 162.

This may not be a bug, but I think it is misleading.  perhaps the
config should make a distinction between 162LC and 162.
Rozelle

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