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Re: [PATCH] - Use of powerpc 64bit instructions in 32bit ABI

From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
To: Fariborz Jahanian <fjahanian at apple dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:13:43 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] - Use of powerpc 64bit instructions in 32bit ABI
References: <20031014221603.GE27685@redhat.com> <C556B156-FE98-11D7-A62D-000393B9ED88@apple.com>

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 03:50:12PM -0700, Fariborz Jahanian wrote:
> However, when it comes to the abi-specific areas such as, passing
> arguments, returning function values, etc. Only 32bit half of the
> register is used.

Sure.  Can you explain why just having the target-specific parts
return SImode for various values is insufficient?

r~

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