[U-Boot] floating point operation in powerpc

hi all i am porting u-boot on powerpc 440. i am also running a simple hello world application on it and I want to use floating point unit.
i have declared a floating point variable like this : /float ftemp;
/ i am trying to print the floating point value like this: /printf("ftemp=%f\n",ftemp);
/ i have included "float.h"
but still it doesnt print me the exact floating point value. my output is like this: /ftemp=%f
/ i have not edited MSR register. should i set the bit 18 for using the FPU in PPC? where am I going wrong in using floating point? is there any switch or library that i should include while compiling the hello_world.c?
this might be seem very silly, but please help in sorting out this issue.

Dear prathika,
In message 4A7A7946.6080007@deeopl.com you wrote:
i am porting u-boot on powerpc 440. i am also running a simple hello world application on it and I want to use floating point unit.
Boot an operating system, then.
U-Boot is just a boot loader, and we do not support any FP operations in U-Boot.
where am I going wrong in using floating point? is there any switch or library that i should include while compiling the hello_world.c?
Boot Linux, and run your application in Linux.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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