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71<h4 class="subsection">21.3.6 <acronym>MIPS</acronym> Embedded</h4>
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73<p><small>GDB</small> supports these special commands for <acronym>MIPS</acronym> targets:
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76<dt><code>set mipsfpu double</code></dt>
77<dt><code>set mipsfpu single</code></dt>
78<dt><code>set mipsfpu none</code></dt>
79<dt><code>set mipsfpu auto</code></dt>
80<dt><code>show mipsfpu</code></dt>
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85<p>If your target board does not support the <acronym>MIPS</acronym> floating point
86coprocessor, you should use the command &lsquo;<samp>set mipsfpu none</samp>&rsquo; (if you
87need this, you may wish to put the command in your <small>GDB</small> init
88file).  This tells <small>GDB</small> how to find the return value of
89functions which return floating point values.  It also allows
90<small>GDB</small> to avoid saving the floating point registers when calling
91functions on the board.  If you are using a floating point coprocessor
92with only single precision floating point support, as on the <small>R4650</small>
93processor, use the command &lsquo;<samp>set mipsfpu single</samp>&rsquo;.  The default
94double precision floating point coprocessor may be selected using
95&lsquo;<samp>set mipsfpu double</samp>&rsquo;.
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97<p>In previous versions the only choices were double precision or no
98floating point, so &lsquo;<samp>set mipsfpu on</samp>&rsquo; will select double precision
99and &lsquo;<samp>set mipsfpu off</samp>&rsquo; will select no floating point.
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101<p>As usual, you can inquire about the <code>mipsfpu</code> variable with
102&lsquo;<samp>show mipsfpu</samp>&rsquo;.
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