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Re: altivec patches

To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
Subject: Re: altivec patches
From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 15:25:48 -0800
CC: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <1004993660.30179.533.camel@litecycle.cc.andrews.edu> <200111052158.NAA22392@geoffk.org> <3BE71290.86CEE765@apple.com> <jmady0on00.fsf@geoffk.org>

Geoff Keating wrote:
> 
> > Our GCC just sets DWARF_FRAME_REGISTERS to FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTERS
> > unconditionally, seems to work well enough for non-AltiVec code.
> 
> Can't do that; breaks backwards binary compatibility.  That's why
> DWARF_FRAME_REGISTERS was invented, so people could add registers
> without breaking binary compatibility.

Ah, I see what you're getting at.  So we'll move our definition
to darwin.h.

Stan

References:
- altivec patches
  - From: Aldy Hernandez
- Re: altivec patches
  - From: Geoff Keating
- Re: altivec patches
  - From: Stan Shebs
- Re: altivec patches
  - From: Geoff Keating

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