Re: Removing floating point from LuaJIT
- From: Mike Pall <mike-1301@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:29:48 +0100
Iain Fraser wrote:
> I'm on MIPS, is there any way I can force it to integer mode
> only. From reading the source in particular narrow.c it seems
> like it would be quite a bit of work. I don't need any floating
> point support at all including software.
You can't completely eliminate FP calculations. But as the
experience on ARM shows, dual-number mode + soft-float support
would work quite well on MIPS, too.
Anyway, it's already on the list of open sponsorships, looking for
someone to sponsor the development:
http://wiki.luajit.org/Open-Sponsorships#MIPS-Soft-Float-and-Dual-Number-Port
--Mike
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