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Re: GCC/powerpc AltiVec expectations.

From: Matt Thomas <matt at 3am-software dot com>
To: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>, Alex Rosenberg <alexr at spies dot com>
Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>, egcs <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Kumar Gala <kumar dot gala at motorola dot com>
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:36:44 -0700
Subject: Re: GCC/powerpc AltiVec expectations.
References: <B947286E.39DE5%alexr@spies.com><20020702144352.GA25895@redhat.com><B947286E.39DE5%alexr@spies.com>

At 10:32 AM 7/2/2002, Aldy Hernandez wrote:

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 09:52:46AM -0700, Alex Rosenberg wrote:
> on 7/2/02 7:43 AM, Aldy Hernandez at aldyh@redhat.com wrote:
>
> > vrsave generation is on by default in gcc, though since the minority
> > OS need it, it should be switched to off.
>
> "Minority?"

linux doesn't need it.

i believe macos x doesn't need it.

who else am i missing?

NetBSD won't need it either.  I assume OpenBSD/FreeBSD will just reuse
the NetBSD code so they probably won't either.

What about AIX?  Does it even run on any AltiVec capable processors?


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