check libfp which is available in msp430-libc
~d
On Thursday 24 July 2003 20:44, Takahashi, Chris wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if there are any alternatives to the current FP functions
> in Libc? Looking at the code size for floating point functions in libc
> versus the functions in IAR (1.26A) I get a considerable difference with
> gcc coming out almost 3 times larger with the libs that are imported. One
> example is _fpmul_parts is 542 bytes (gcc) while ?F_MUL_L04 is 120 bytes
> (IAR). It is my understanding that this is because GCC implements FP math
> with strict attention to IEEE spec. This is good for some applications and
> Bad for others. In our application ROM space is of utmost importance and
> as long as the math comes out to within a certain percent error it is fine.
> Is there an alternative which would allow us to use smaller but possibly
> non IEEE strict FP code?
>
> Thanks for all the help!
>
>
> -Chris Takahashi
>
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