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Re: Fixed-point branch?


Fu, Chao-Ying wrote:

+ACCUM_MODE (HA, 2, 8, 7); /* s8.7 */
+ACCUM_MODE (SA, 4, 16, 15); /* s16.15 */
+ACCUM_MODE (DA, 8, 32, 31); /* s32.31 */
+ACCUM_MODE (TA, 16, 64, 63); /* s64.63 */
Lots of predefined types and modes in this patch. What about targets
with other requirements (the Blackfin has 40 bit (8 + 32) accumulators)?

In "bfin-modes.def", we can adjust the DA mode to (s7.32) by using ADJUST_IBIT(DA, 7) ADJUST_FBIT(DA, 32)

For vectors, we let the targets define the supported modes.  Why do we
want something else for fractional support?

I am not clear about this question. The new modes (FRACT, UFRACT, ACCUM, and UACCUM) enables GCC to recognize the formats of the underlying values to perform constant folding (e.g., + - * /). To use the DA mode for vector, we can use: VECTOR_MODE (ACCUM, DA, 2);

No, I was trying to make an analogy of how ports explicitly define the modes their hardware supports, e.g. for arm:


/* Vector modes.  */
VECTOR_MODES (INT, 4);        /*            V4QI V2HI */
VECTOR_MODES (INT, 8);        /*       V8QI V4HI V2SI */
VECTOR_MODES (INT, 16);       /* V16QI V8HI V4SI V2DI */
VECTOR_MODES (FLOAT, 8);      /*            V4HF V2SF */
VECTOR_MODES (FLOAT, 16);     /*       V8HF V4SF V2DF */

I'm wondering whether it's a good idea to have a lot of pre-defined fractional modes and types that may or may not match the target hardware. Not saying it's necessarily wrong; I'm just interested to hear why you chose to do it this way. (I also just noticed that things like SHORT_ACCUM_TYPE_SIZE are used but apparently not defined in the patch - does it actually compile?)


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