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Re: ia64 XFmode patch rides again (need ia64-linux testing)


> 
> Having now, I hope, removed all the obstructions, this patch once
> again attempts to support simultaneous use of 80-bit and 128-bit
> floating point in the ia64 back end.  It's much the same as it was the
> last time -- replace TFmode with XFmode in all hardware insns
> referring to the extended floating point type; use TFmode exclusively
> for software emulated IEEE quad.  However, instead of using
> ROUND_TYPE_ALIGN as before, I am using ADJUST_BYTESIZE and
> ADJUST_ALIGNMENT declarations in ia64-modes.def, which *should* mean
> that everything obeys the requirements.

This looks cool.  If I understand it right, to get the same done on
x86-64, where we do have 128-bit long doubles in XFmode format and
128-bit __float128, all I need is to define
ADJUST_BYTESIZE/ADJUST_ALIGNMENT and kill the TFmode duplicates in
i386.md, right?

Honza


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