From nobody Sat Jan 08 11:25:00 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9A28194EF47 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 11:25:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mafsys1234@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pj1-x1033.google.com (mail-pj1-x1033.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1033]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4JWHnM5sHjz3H2m for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 11:25:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mafsys1234@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pj1-x1033.google.com with SMTP id c14-20020a17090a674e00b001b31e16749cso13491509pjm.4 for ; Sat, 08 Jan 2022 03:25:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qLpHZejvZo5T0DiKjj21EakYHHvtEd9Sgkp6V3kZpc0=; b=RfowIXU/8qToWdmo5TOXAw1l/BkjYFCGG6Dbkv7Dn7OTjoI5iEArzn2yp1eCWi8t7p g3csBn8MV2oY1HUpfUQ54ZYP4e6ifT6K4qIQ2gksV15ACq1uzM8gyYOdlQF8rQU09X31 5EWZH9jN8BHrw2tEHgZC9vsHblec9E+Om+6vAjBOtWJk3IAW+SXMIpEkTDRsA/yyXcks 4K83Z2FvHt7eFrv7DM0AR9hQ47zRXZvZHy+Q8rpR9vX5KzpEh7Aemk7ql9/OkBDZgrdF EwzuaJSDIzTHMT/o5NmJ1Sj0ep70T7Xz8OlzWlGe6vulrl+ATm5A3ug5gWFYnUfbvCRH obcg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=qLpHZejvZo5T0DiKjj21EakYHHvtEd9Sgkp6V3kZpc0=; b=GnJ6DIGJHe4HObti0ialDZeWXPhmMz3Uzn1sRhWGLpsyqY1XcQLN6rwVNMzgC9uzjb rKy26EmTx8UDvra9zebSRqObvJlikM3wK2nsyVsA+kMCFzMwgYQRFhFSSfpsELCdnrkX FHoEKDyLQfb7EDmCDU6RkCYLKAFn7V52RIM9NR878qsKrdgREOWdpKA+fJ4Bpck4HJlq 7dLYhZKnL/PUhoItGGa+0mA4Nc7qSMAQ9yn296YpZFvv9gX1G8S2MG0Lnb0Zu596dzk9 rYfR020J6yEE+ybScoR0bRCezYlR+bjWiIhUWhvRd8gWft1RYIrVrJGe+eA+tBN0N76x NfQQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532DOtdOyizU0PWIpjtm106wxE53SXR5qf3RYqFeME90cHE1J38I pm/ii1yXPjYzwcWoJI5VamtyP2Z169eV27g3 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzThOkX8Me/DhUFCLNrtZ8HSS1sqOsmKvEDLm1c0/HVkCif7PfBKs/7JWmrB5qGdPhrdKq7EQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:3b8e:: with SMTP id pc14mr20337705pjb.217.1641641104569; Sat, 08 Jan 2022 03:25:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.10] ([115.69.53.183]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t7sm1720106pfj.168.2022.01.08.03.25.03 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 08 Jan 2022 03:25:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: libsoft retiring To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org References: From: MJ Message-ID: Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 22:25:00 +1100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-AU Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4JWHnM5sHjz3H2m X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b="RfowIXU/"; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of mafsys1234@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::1033 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mafsys1234@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.00 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20210112]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-arm@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[1.000]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::1033:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 6/01/2022 10:58 am, Warner Losh wrote: > Greetings, > > I implemented libsoft on arm for the FreeBSD 10 -> FreeBSD 11 transition from using the 'softfp' ABI (where hardware float was used, but registers were passed in integer registers) to the 'hardfp' ABI we've used ever since. > > libsoft has been turned off since I added it as an option in 2016 6 months before the 11.0 release. Several people used it at the time to transition their 32-bit armv6 FreeBSD 10 (or 11-current) boards to armv7 FreeBSD 11. Since then I know of nobody that's used it. > > I think that it's time to retire the option entirely. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33761 has the bits to remove it. > > Comments? > > Warner Somewhat related, does anything happen to wiki pages referencing this? Deleted, updated to show deprecation, remain static for posterity, etc? https://wiki.freebsd.org/arm/hardabi MJ