How to modify Standard types in GNAT-3.11?

[tonya@aban.ece.ubc.ca (Tony R. Ambardar)]

Hello all,

I'm using gnat-3.11 to generate code for a i386-based board running
RTEMS-4.0.0. Since I don't have an i387 math coprocessor, I've set up
gnat/gcc to use software floating point emulation. This requires
compiling all my code and libraries -- including gnatlib -- with the
option flags "-msoft-float -mno-fp-ret-in-387".

When compiling gnatlib I get gcc/gnat errors in 6 RTS files which are
related to the use of Long_Long_Float's (i.e. extended floats). The
errors are all of the form "Unable to find register to spill", so I
assume the option flags I use are making registers scarce.

Additionally, the software floating-point library only uses stubs for
the extended float routines, so gnat would not be able to use these
anyway.

So the easiest solution I can see is to make Long_Long_Float
equivalent to Long_Float. It looks like I may only need to modify the
files stand.ads and a-types.h. Could someone please suggest the right
way of doing this?

Thank you,
Tony Ambardar

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