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Re: RFA - patch for merging itanium-sched-branch into main line -part1
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- To: Vladimir Makarov <vmakarov at redhat dot com>
- Cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:54:19 +0000 (GMT)
- Subject: Re: RFA - patch for merging itanium-sched-branch into main line -part1
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Vladimir Makarov wrote:
> ! is @math{2^{31} + 1} since these instructions test if the iteration count is
> negative to terminate the loop. If the iteration count is unsigned
> ! there is a possibility than the @math{2^{31} + 1} maximum iteration count may be
> exceeded. This switch allows an unsigned iteration count.
>
> @item -mti
> --- 8953,8961 ----
> @opindex mloop-unsigned
> @opindex mno-loop-unsigned
> The maximum iteration count when using RPTS and RPTB (and DB on the C40)
> ! is @math{2^31 + 1} since these instructions test if the iteration count is
> negative to terminate the loop. If the iteration count is unsigned
> ! there is a possibility than the @math{2^31 + 1} maximum iteration count may be
This is a bogus change. If you have the minimum required Texinfo version
(4.2) you should find it serves no purpose other than to uglify the
printed output.
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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk