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Re: PING: A Far Less Ambitious AltiVec patch


> From: Ziemowit Laski <zlaski@apple.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:05:47 -0800

> On 20 Feb, 2004, at 13.49, Geoff Keating wrote:
> 
> >>> That's worse.  Use reg_names always.
> >>
> >> I can't -- non-Darwin assemblers will barf on it.
> >
> > No, they won't.  Try it and see.
> 
> Please read http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-01/msg01298.html for 
> testimony by someone who's tried it.

I don't see any reference to reg_names in that message.  You might
want to investigate how reg_names gets set.

> On an unrelated topic, it turns out that STRIP_NOPS doesn't, due to 
> mismatched machine modes (QI vs SI); I'll
> revert to my original construction.

Rats.  Oh well.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>


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