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Re: Darwin is all-AltiVec all the time

From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
To: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:18:04 -0800
Subject: Re: Darwin is all-AltiVec all the time
References: <3C1E0AEF.C8989E6A@apple.com> <m31yhtd5j6.fsf@litecycle.cc.andrews.edu>

Aldy Hernandez wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Stan" == Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com> writes:
> 
>  > Darwin's PowerPC ABI is permanently wired for AltiVec, also add an
> 
> You're a braver man than I.

Not that much bravery - without it the stack frames are incompat
with the rest of the system, and simple examples fail with
mysterious ICEs.

>  > additional predefine.  Bootstrapped on powerpc-apple-darwin1.4.
> 
> Woh, it bootstraps?

Not with -maltivec, as per my other comment.

> Btw, do you have an update on the vector initializers-- which i hope
> will make it in for 3.1 as a "bugfix" since altivec will be completely
> useless without them :)

Just about ready to submit.

Stan

References:
- Darwin is all-AltiVec all the time
  - From: Stan Shebs
- Re: Darwin is all-AltiVec all the time
  - From: Aldy Hernandez

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