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MIPS compile options (mad & double fp)
- From: Shane Nay <shane at minirl dot com>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 01:56:57 -0700
- Subject: MIPS compile options (mad & double fp)
I'm working on testing the 3.1 series compiler on a TX4927, which is
a processor made by Toshiba. What I'm wondering is, this processor
has a somewhat different combination of features, its pretty much
exactly like the 4650, but it has a double word FPU. (64bit and
32bit formats accepted) So, would the correct options be-
-mips3 -mmad (?)
In addition, I was wondering if -march/-mcpu spec type patches are
being accepted for the MIPS tree? The TX4927 is pretty straight
forward since it closely mirrors MIPSs' own designs. The TX79 series
is a little bit different as it has quite a few additional features,
and is missing a couple of the standard MIPS instructions. (I need
to check the bit pattern on the "mad" instruction as well, might need
to submit a patch to binutils for that one)
I'm sort of just now getting back into the MIPS platform, I have
submitted a bugfix in the past that was accepted for MIPS within the
backend. Is there a specific maintainer now for the MIPS backend?, I
believe Richard took the patch last time, but that was circa
200(0/1). The backend seems to have advanced significantly since
then, congrats gcc-mips folk. (The code is significantly smaller,
seems like pc relative bl's must be used now for ABI related symbol
resolution, is resolver code sprinkled around dynamic libraries and
binaries?, 16 encoded bits isn't enough reach I would imagine)
Thanks,
Shane Nay.