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Re: [PATCH] PR opt/6627: New target macro MINIMUM_FUNCTION_BOUNDARY

From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
To: Roger Sayle <roger at eyesopen dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:28:22 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PR opt/6627: New target macro MINIMUM_FUNCTION_BOUNDARY
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0209291221310.28869-100000@www.eyesopen.com> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0209291258540.28869-100000@www.eyesopen.com>

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:05:10PM -0600, Roger Sayle wrote:
> Does the IA-64 ABI really require all function entry points to be
> 16 byte aligned?

The IA-64 *ISA* forces this.  Instruction bundles are 16-bytes long,
and of course must be aligned.


r~

References:
- Re: [PATCH] PR opt/6627: New target macro MINIMUM_FUNCTION_BOUNDARY
  - From: Roger Sayle
- Re: [PATCH] PR opt/6627: New target macro MINIMUM_FUNCTION_BOUNDARY
  - From: Roger Sayle

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