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Re: [patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bittargets

From: Richard Sandiford <rsandifo at redhat dot com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at linux-mips dot org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf at linux-mips dot org>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, linux-mips at linux-mips dot org
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:37:08 +0100
Subject: Re: [patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bittargets
References: <Pine.LNX.4.55.0407191648451.3667@jurand.ds.pg.gda.pl><87hds49bmo.fsf@redhat.com><Pine.LNX.4.55.0407191907300.3667@jurand.ds.pg.gda.pl>

"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> writes:
>  Well, other targets, like the i386 (which didn't even have a 64-bit
> variation till recently), do not force Linux to go through such
> contortions.

But arm targets (for instance) don't provide inline 64-bit shifts,
do they?  I don't think there's anything special in the MIPS ISA
that makes them easier for MIPS than they are for ARM.

Richard

References:
- [patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bit targets
  - From: Maciej W. Rozycki
- Re: [patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bittargets
  - From: Richard Sandiford
- Re: [patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bittargets
  - From: Maciej W. Rozycki

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