supports FP16, FP32 and FP64. It is a general-purpose unit that
may be used in any project (not limited to one specific processor).
+Developed under a Grant from NLnet (http://nlnet.nl), more information
+may be found at http://libre-soc.org
+
+# Requirements
+
+* nmigen
+* libresoc-nmutil
+* yosys (latest git repository, required by nmigen)
+* sfpy (running unit tests). provides python bindings to berkeley softfloat-3
+
+# Building sfpy
+
+The standard sfpy will not work without being modified to the type of
+IEEE754 FP emulation being tested. This FPU is emulating RISC-V, and
+there is some weirdness in x86 IEEE754 implementations when it comes
+to FP16 non-canonical NaNs.
+
+The following modifications are required to the sfpy berkeley-softfloat-3
+submodule:
+
+ cd /path/to/sfpy/berkeley-softfloat-3
+ git apply /path/to/ieee754fpu/berkeley-softfloat.patch
+
+The following modifications are required to the sfpy SoftPosit Makefile:
+
+ cd /path/to/sfpy/SoftPosit
+ git apply /path/to/ieee754fpu/SoftPosit.patch
+
# Useful resources
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985
* http://weitz.de/ieee/
* https://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html
+