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Re: [PATCH] Force DFP function args into FP registers per the ABI
- From: Peter Bergner <bergner at vnet dot ibm dot com>
- To: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>
- Cc: GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:28:51 -0600
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Force DFP function args into FP registers per the ABI
- References: <45DF54D4.7030008@gmail.com>
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 21:55 +0100, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> What a design choice for a new processor... Isn't this similar to
> infamous x87, where all input operands are implicitly extended to 80bit
> XFmode? I'm sure everybody will love this.
This isn't "new". PowerPC has always acted this way wrt binary FP.
Peter