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| <h5 class="subsubsection">9.27.9.1 History of FP ABIs</h5> |
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| <p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002egnu_005fattribute-4_002c-_0040var_007bn_007d_007d-directive_002c-MIPS-1593"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002egnu_005fattribute-Tag_005fGNU_005fMIPS_005fABI_005fFP_002c-_0040var_007bn_007d_007d-directive_002c-MIPS-1594"></a>The MIPS ABIs support a variety of different floating-point extensions |
| where calling-convention and register sizes vary for floating-point data. |
| The extensions exist to support a wide variety of optional architecture |
| features. The resulting ABI variants are generally incompatible with each |
| other and must be tracked carefully. |
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| <p>Traditionally the use of an explicit <code>.gnu_attribute 4, </code><var>n</var> |
| directive is used to indicate which ABI is in use by a specific module. |
| It was then left to the user to ensure that command-line options and the |
| selected ABI were compatible with some potential for inconsistencies. |
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