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Re: Calling conventions for vector types on SPARC

From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
To: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 19 Feb 2004 14:17:41 -0800
Subject: Re: Calling conventions for vector types on SPARC
References: <200402190959.23912.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr><20040219200507.GB4711@redhat.com><200402192246.30530.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>

I seem to be missing the original mail for this, but:

Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> writes:

> > Second, I would like to move all of the vector modes to the target's
> > modes.def file.  This will reduce the combinatorics to just the modes
> > supported by the target.

The compiler can emulate vector modes even if the target does not have
special instructions for them, so you probably don't want to do this.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>

References:
- Calling conventions for vector types on SPARC
  - From: Eric Botcazou
- Re: Calling conventions for vector types on SPARC
  - From: Richard Henderson
- Re: Calling conventions for vector types on SPARC
  - From: Eric Botcazou

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