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Re: [patch] 13/n: trans-mem: compiler backend (x86)


On 11/03/2011 11:55 AM, Andrew Pinski wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com> wrote:
>> +/* Return the builtin decl needed to load a vector of TYPE.  */
> ...
>> +
>> +/* Return the builtin decl needed to store a vector of TYPE.  */
> 
> Is there a reason why the middle-end could not handle vector types by
> default?  Instead of the target having to add them>

The ABI that Intel set up for the accessors with vector type is non-standard.
We need the backend to add the extra sseregparm attribute.  I couldn't think
of any cleaner way to handle this oddity.


r~


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