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diff --git a/lib/libc/softfloat/README.txt b/lib/libc/softfloat/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fe28ccc --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/softfloat/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +$NetBSD: README.txt,v 1.1 2000/06/06 08:15:02 bjh21 Exp $ +$FreeBSD$ + +Package Overview for SoftFloat Release 2a + +John R. Hauser +1998 December 13 + + +SoftFloat is a software implementation of floating-point that conforms to +the IEC/IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic. SoftFloat is +distributed in the form of C source code. Compiling the SoftFloat sources +generates two things: + +-- A SoftFloat object file (typically `softfloat.o') containing the complete + set of IEC/IEEE floating-point routines. + +-- A `timesoftfloat' program for evaluating the speed of the SoftFloat + routines. (The SoftFloat module is linked into this program.) + +The SoftFloat package is documented in four text files: + + softfloat.txt Documentation for using the SoftFloat functions. + softfloat-source.txt Documentation for compiling SoftFloat. + softfloat-history.txt History of major changes to SoftFloat. + timesoftfloat.txt Documentation for using `timesoftfloat'. + +Other files in the package comprise the source code for SoftFloat. + +Please be aware that some work is involved in porting this software to other +targets. It is not just a matter of getting `make' to complete without +error messages. I would have written the code that way if I could, but +there are fundamental differences between systems that I can't make go away. +You should not attempt to compile SoftFloat without first reading both +`softfloat.txt' and `softfloat-source.txt'. + +At the time of this writing, the most up-to-date information about +SoftFloat and the latest release can be found at the Web page `http:// +HTTP.CS.Berkeley.EDU/~jhauser/arithmetic/SoftFloat.html'. + |