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Re: [RFC] ABI compatibility with vendor compiler on SPARC/Solaris

From: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
To: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:57:15 -0800
Subject: Re: [RFC] ABI compatibility with vendor compiler on SPARC/Solaris
References: <200401231336.33069.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> <200401271517.53993.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 03:48:44PM +0100, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> > Should GCC adopt the conventions of the vendor compiler as of GCC 3.4? 
> > They are technically superior, because you can't move a value between
> > integer regs and FP regs on SPARC without spilling it to memory.
> 
> I finally decided to make the switch, after seeing that Alpha already did so 
> for 3.4 in order to be compatible with the Tru64 compiler.

We should make sure that any ABI changes get added to the release notes page:

http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-3.4/changes.html

References:
- [RFC] ABI compatibility with vendor compiler on SPARC/Solaris
  - From: Eric Botcazou
- Re: [RFC] ABI compatibility with vendor compiler on SPARC/Solaris
  - From: Eric Botcazou

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