[fpc-pascal] DateToStr in arm does not work!

[Bernd Mueller]

Henry Vermaak wrote:
> On 03/07/07, josepascual <josepascual at almudi.com> wrote:
>> Thank you henry,
>>
>> I have downloaded svn version 7943 how can I donwload svn 7929?
>>
>> How are you build fpc for arm? make clean crossall CPU_TARGET=arm
>> OS_TARGET=linux ....?
>> Which version of binutils do you have? (eabi?)
>> Is SOFTFLOAT in freepascal the equivalent to EABI in c?
>>
> 
> soft float just means that the compiler needs to emulate the floating
> point unit if it doesn't exist in your hardware (like some arm
> processors).  if you have an fpu, then you don't have to worry about
> soft float.  
Are you sure? If I remember right, using softfloat in conjunction with 
fpc means, that the compiler never emits floating point operations. All 
the floating point is going through the softfpu unit. This means, *if* 
you have a fpu, you waste speed.

Regards, Bernd.