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Re: TF type (quad float) not implemented?
- To: Dylan_S_Cuthbert at hq dot scei dot sony dot co dot jp
- Subject: Re: TF type (quad float) not implemented?
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:39:23 -0600
- cc: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <49256900.0031E02E.00@hq.scei.sony.co.jp>you write:
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> Unfortunately, the type I'm trying to define doesn't fit into the current s
> et of
> machine modes, and TFmode was the closest. The type I'm trying to define i
> s a
> 128 bit value consisting of 4 32 bit floats. (which aren't seen by the comp
> iler)
Use TImode.
The tools Cygnus provided to Sony should have support for certain TImode
operations (data movement). Cygnus also provided documentation on how to
use TImode and its restrictions to Sony.
jeff