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Re: [PATCH], Enable -mfloat128 by default on PowerPC VSX systems
- From: Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel dot crashing dot org>
- To: Michael Meissner <meissner at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, David Edelsohn <dje dot gcc at gmail dot com>, Bill Schmidt <wschmidt at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 11:59:13 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH], Enable -mfloat128 by default on PowerPC VSX systems
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- References: <20170816225950.GA2292@ibm-tiger.the-meissners.org> <20170818205730.GK13471@gate.crashing.org> <20170906054838.GA6841@ibm-tiger.the-meissners.org>
On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 01:48:38AM -0400, Michael Meissner wrote:
> Here is a respin of the patch to enable -mfloat128 on PowerPC Linux systems now
> that the libquadmath patch has been applied. I rebased the patches against the
> top of the trunk on Tuesday (subversion id 251609).
>
> I tweaked the documentation a bit based on your comments.
>
> I built the patch on the following systems. There are no regressions, and the
> tests float128-type-{1,2}.c now pass (previously they had regressed due to
> other float128 changes).
>
> * Power7, bootstrap, big endian, --with-cpu=power7
> * Power7, bootstrap, big endian, --with-cpu=power5
> * Power8, bootstrap, little endian, --with-cpu=power8
> * Power9 prototype bootstrap, little endian, --with-cpu=power9
>
> Can I check these patches into the trunk?
It looks fine, please commit. Thanks!
Segher