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Re: [PATCH] Testsuite tweaks (SPARC)
- From: "David S. Miller" <davem at redhat dot com>
- To: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:19:52 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Testsuite tweaks (SPARC)
- References: <200310131631.42827.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:37:16 +0200
Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> wrote:
> The SPARC back-end doesn't know how to handle vector modes, so it ICEs when
> such a mode reaches it, mainly at low optimization levels.
I don't know how wise it is to just do this for Sparc.
Is the compiler expected to handle vector modes even on platforms that
don't have something like the altivec vector support the rs6000 backend
has?
If so, we should fix Sparc.
If not, we should specifically mention the platforms that support
vector stuff in the testcase since that group is smaller than
those that don't support vector stuff.