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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Multi-Target SpareMiNT (RPM) Thoughts - How to do it maybe
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 00:02:00 +0300
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Hi,

On Thursday 27 May 2010, Jo Even Skarstein wrote:
> On 05/27/2010 10:40 PM, Keith Scroggins wrote:
> > My first thought is we basically have 3 targets:
> >
> > m68kmint - 68000, basically the base
> > m68k020mint - 68020-60
> > cfmint - 5475
>
> Is running SpareMiNT on a 68000 a realistic option?

Somebody may want to build individual programs that work on 68000
(and 20-60 machines). That doesn't work without 68000 libraries.


> What about dropping 
> this target, and just have one 68020-060/cf-target? I'm not sure about
> gcc, but Henk's AHCC can now build binaries that runs on both CF and 68k.

Regarding 68000 binaries, AHCC cannot build floating point using binaries
for 68000, only for machines with FPU (it's lacking a soft-float math
library).


	- Eero


