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Re: PATCH: PR target/35657: TDmode isn't aligned at 128bit when passing to a function
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> Richard Guenther wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz> wrote:
> >>> Regarding 4.3.1 support - since this is an ABI change w.r.t released
> >> > compiler, RMs should have their last word. IMO, at least a notice in
> >> > release notes is needed
> >>
> >> RM has last word here, for sure, but since the use of DFP currently is
> >> minimal and is supposed to rise for next major release, I would preffer
> >> fixing the issue in 4.3.1 rather than waiting for anohter half a year.
> >> With news.html update for sure ;)
> >
> > I tend to agree. How often do you plan to change the DFP ABI? ;)
>
> I agree too, but unhappily. ABI changes really hurt GCC's acceptance;
> they're one of the things that users most often complain about. :-(
>
The main problem is that the exiting ia32 psABI doesn't cover any new
hardware/software features and there are no updates to support them.
I am working on a solution.
H.J.