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Re: Native support for vector shift

From: Michael Meissner <meissner at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
To: Bingfeng Mei <bmei at broadcom dot com>
Cc: Michael Meissner <meissner at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:01:06 -0500
Subject: Re: Native support for vector shift
References: <7FB04A5C213E9943A72EE127DB74F0AD49F007D5F1@SJEXCHCCR02.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <20090224210711.GA5300@hungry-tiger.westford.ibm.com> <7FB04A5C213E9943A72EE127DB74F0AD49F007D68E@SJEXCHCCR02.corp.ad.broadcom.com>

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 01:19:44PM -0800, Bingfeng Mei wrote:
> Yes, I am aware of both types of vector shift. Our target VLIW
> actually supports both and I have implemented all related patterns
> in our porting. But it would be still nice to allow programmer 
> explicitly use vector shift, preferably both types.
> 
> Bingfeng

It shouldn't be too hard to add the support.  I suspect the person who did the
initial support may have been on a machine without vector shifts.

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