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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/nwfpe.rst b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/nwfpe.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 35cd90dacbff..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/nwfpe.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -Introduction -============ - -This directory contains the version 0.92 test release of the NetWinder -Floating Point Emulator. - -The majority of the code was written by me, Scott Bambrough It is -written in C, with a small number of routines in inline assembler -where required. It was written quickly, with a goal of implementing a -working version of all the floating point instructions the compiler -emits as the first target. I have attempted to be as optimal as -possible, but there remains much room for improvement. - -I have attempted to make the emulator as portable as possible. One of -the problems is with leading underscores on kernel symbols. Elf -kernels have no leading underscores, a.out compiled kernels do. I -have attempted to use the C_SYMBOL_NAME macro wherever this may be -important. - -Another choice I made was in the file structure. I have attempted to -contain all operating system specific code in one module (fpmodule.*). -All the other files contain emulator specific code. This should allow -others to port the emulator to NetBSD for instance relatively easily. - -The floating point operations are based on SoftFloat Release 2, by -John Hauser. SoftFloat is a software implementation of floating-point -that conforms to the IEC/IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-point -Arithmetic. As many as four formats are supported: single precision, -double precision, extended double precision, and quadruple precision. -All operations required by the standard are implemented, except for -conversions to and from decimal. We use only the single precision, -double precision and extended double precision formats. The port of -SoftFloat to the ARM was done by Phil Blundell, based on an earlier -port of SoftFloat version 1 by Neil Carson for NetBSD/arm32. - -The file README.FPE contains a description of what has been implemented -so far in the emulator. The file TODO contains a information on what -remains to be done, and other ideas for the emulator. - -Bug reports, comments, suggestions should be directed to me at -<scottb@netwinder.org>. General reports of "this program doesn't -work correctly when your emulator is installed" are useful for -determining that bugs still exist; but are virtually useless when -attempting to isolate the problem. Please report them, but don't -expect quick action. Bugs still exist. The problem remains in isolating -which instruction contains the bug. Small programs illustrating a specific -problem are a godsend. - -Legal Notices -------------- - -The NetWinder Floating Point Emulator is free software. Everything Rebel.com -has written is provided under the GNU GPL. See the file COPYING for copying -conditions. Excluded from the above is the SoftFloat code. John Hauser's -legal notice for SoftFloat is included below. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -SoftFloat Legal Notice - -SoftFloat was written by John R. Hauser. This work was made possible in -part by the International Computer Science Institute, located at Suite 600, -1947 Center Street, Berkeley, California 94704. Funding was partially -provided by the National Science Foundation under grant MIP-9311980. The -original version of this code was written as part of a project to build -a fixed-point vector processor in collaboration with the University of -California at Berkeley, overseen by Profs. Nelson Morgan and John Wawrzynek. - -THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS, FOR FREE. Although reasonable effort -has been made to avoid it, THIS SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN FAULTS THAT WILL AT -TIMES RESULT IN INCORRECT BEHAVIOR. USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS RESTRICTED TO -PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN AND WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY -AND ALL LOSSES, COSTS, OR OTHER PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ITS USE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |