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Re: IA64 TF->XFmode conversion: final
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 17:43, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Sorry about that. I have a mess of other patches that were blocked on
> that one, and I was satisfied with my own testing on ia64-linux.
No problem. I've done my own testing, and I'm satisfied that the patch
is OK.
> The documentation is in machmode.def. I no longer make substantial
> additions to manuals under the GFDL.
I understand that you have a personal objection to the GFDL. However,
our policies clearly require that significant changes be documented in
the manual. I think it is unwise for a global write maintainer to
arbitrarily decide that certain rules don't apply to him.
Thanks for the pointer to machmode.def. I hadn't thought to look there
yet, but it is an obvious place for the info now that I've seen it. It
is still no substitute for changes to the manual though.
> Note that this was already the case for BImode, and that other ports
> can usefully make use of it (e.g. x86-64).
Yup, this occurred to me later. It hasn't been much of a problem for
BImode so far since it is only used in extremely limited circumstances
currently, but this patch should make it more useful.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com