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Re: define MMX/SSE intrinsics without requiring cmdline isa flags
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Xinliang David Li <davidxl@google.com> wrote:
> Good to know that I am not alone.
>
> I need comments on the patch I proposed -- what are the potential
> problems (other than slight increase in memory consumption which has
> no impact on compile time)?
>
The whole target attribute is very fragile:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37565
There is another issue with intrinsics:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39840
I don't think we should add more kludges to the current
scheme. I suggest you open a bug with your concern. We
should take a look at all related issues to address them
properly. I hope the driver changes Joseph is making can
help this.
--
H.J.