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Re: [Patch] Altivec ABI as default for powerpc64 linux
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- To: "Hartmut Penner" <HPENNER at de dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>, dje at watson dot ibm dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 30 Jan 2004 15:41:31 -0800
- Subject: Re: [Patch] Altivec ABI as default for powerpc64 linux
- References: <OFD9F832EE.F6CB723A-ONC1256E2B.0035AC31-C1256E2B.003789DA@de.ibm.com>
"Hartmut Penner" <HPENNER@de.ibm.com> writes:
> Hello,
> I would propose to set ALTIVEC as the default ABI
> for ppc64 linux.
> This will not change anything for programs not having any
> vector types. But it will allow programs to work correctly
> which are using vector. This is also true for programs using
> vector types, but do not use the altivec instruction set
> (which is not set as default !).
It's not set as the default because the default linux64 processor is a
630, which (as far as I know) doesn't have Altivec. Perhaps someone
should change that, if linux64 is going to require Altivec.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>