[meta-freescale] i.MX6Q vs i.MX6UL tuning

[Lauren Post]

We test with hard in our release for i.MX 6UL

DEFAULTTUNE_mx6ul ?= "cortexa7hf-neon"


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From: meta-freescale-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:meta-freescale-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Otavio Salvador
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 7:20 AM
To: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com>
Cc: meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
Subject: Re: [meta-freescale] i.MX6Q vs i.MX6UL tuning

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> I'm working with machines that have i.MX6Q/DL and i.MX6UL and noticed 
> that they have quite different tuning.
>
> i.MX6Q:
>   TUNE_FEATURES     = "arm armv7a vfp thumb neon callconvention-hard
> cortexa9"
>   TARGET_FPU        = "hard"
>
> i.MX6UL:
>   TUNE_FEATURES     = "arm armv7ve vfp thumb neon cortexa7"
>   TARGET_FPU        = "softfp"
>
> I've not adjusted any GCC tuning for these targets.  Just wondering 
> why the i.MX6Q is hardfp and the i.MX6UL is soft?  Anyone know why 
> this choice was made?

I don't foresee any problem in using hardfp for UL.


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