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Re: TARGET_STRING problem on ppc
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- To: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GCC Mailinglist <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:49:30 -0500
- Subject: Re: TARGET_STRING problem on ppc
>>>>> Aldy Hernandez writes:
Aldy> The e500 doesn't have string load/store instructions (though it does
Aldy> have load/store multiple instructions). Before I kludge a special case
Aldy> for the e500, is there a reason why MASK_STRING is set regardless of if
Aldy> the CPU has that capability?
Because the string instructions are not optional on PowerPC. The
e500 is looking less and less like a PowerPC processor. If you want to
disable setting it automatically it for e500, go ahead.
David