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  64. <h4 class="subsubsection">9.27.9.3 Automatic selection of FP ABI</h4>
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  66. <p>In order to simplify and add safety to the process of selecting the
  67. correct floating-point ABI, the assembler will automatically infer the
  68. correct <code>.gnu_attribute 4, <var>n</var></code> directive based on command line
  69. options and <code>.module</code> overrides. Where an explicit
  70. <code>.gnu_attribute 4, <var>n</var></code> directive has been seen then a warning
  71. will be raised if it does not match an inferred setting.
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  73. <p>The floating-point ABI is inferred as follows. If &lsquo;<samp>-msoft-float</samp>&rsquo;
  74. has been used the module will be marked as soft-float. If
  75. &lsquo;<samp>-msingle-float</samp>&rsquo; has been used then the module will be marked as
  76. single-precision. The remaining ABIs are then selected based
  77. on the FP register width. Double-precision is selected if the width
  78. of GP and FP registers match and the special double-precision variants
  79. for 32-bit ABIs are then selected depending on &lsquo;<samp>-mfpxx</samp>&rsquo;,
  80. &lsquo;<samp>-mfp64</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>-mno-odd-spreg</samp>&rsquo;.
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