Question

Why doesn't Sourcery G++ Lite Edition contain libraries for big-endian GNU/Linux? Or for systems with VFP or NEON?

Answer

The contents of Sourcery G++ Lite Edition are agreed by ARM, Ltd. and CodeSourcery.

Sourcery G++ Lite Edition can be used to build applications for VFP and/or NEON systems. While the libraries have not been optimized for VFP/NEON, the application itself can be optimized for these architecture variants and linked with the provided libraries, since the Application Binary Interface (ABI) used by GLIBC is compatible with the use of VFP/NEON. Using a GLIBC optimized specifically for VFP/NEON only offers a performance advantage for applications that make heavy use of mathematical functions, such as cos.

Sourcery G++ Professional and Standard Editions provide add-on run-time libraries optimized for VFP and NEON, as well as libraries for big-endian systems.