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On Aug 18, 2011, at 3:11 AM, Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:

>=20
> Op 18 aug. 2011, om 08:16 heeft Darren Hart het volgende geschreven:
>=20
>> =46rom what I could gather, it makes sense to address using mfloat-abi=3D=
hard
>> for the beagleboard in the cortexa8 tune file.
>=20
> It doesn't, actually. Sadly the internet is now full with posts from misin=
formed meego and debian people about this issue, so I see why someone might t=
hink hfp cures cancer and creates world peace.
>=20
>> Before I submit this as a pull
>> request, I'd appreciate a sanity check from the Beagleboard experts.
>>=20
>> Is there any reason the cortexa8 tune file should not be using "hf" by de=
fault?
>=20
> Yes, it's incompatible with anything out there. The only real world app th=
at slightly benefits from it is povray, no demonstrable gains for everything=
 else. This also breaks the 3d drivers.
>=20
> All in all this is something a DISTRO should opt-in to, not opt-out of.

Since I was in the Cc, +1.