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Re: [PATCH] RS6000 : Tidy up vector splat instructions

On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 12:10:16PM -0700, Devang Patel wrote:
> 
> On Jun 17, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Aldy Hernandez wrote:
> 
> >It should scan the assembler output and make sure the offset is within
> >range.
> 
> Well it worked for me because Darwin assembler barfs when offset is out
> of range. If other assemblers are not raising error then they should. It
> is very helpful to developers when they run into this. Imagine how long
> will it take them to notice in their huge app when this goes unnoticed.

Have you tried a cross build to see if your assumption is correct?
Please try this and get your test working on not just darwin.

Also, address pinskia's concerns.

Aldy
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