backporting extract_bit_field patch to 3.1

[Mark Mitchell]

--On Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:27:15 PM +1000 Aldy Hernandez 
<aldyh@redhat.com> wrote:

> hi guys.
>
> i'd like permission to backport:
>
> 	http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-04/msg01546.html
>
> to the 3.1 branch.  this will supercede my extract_bit_field
> patch submitted yesterday.

We never had Altivec before, so this is not a regression; ergo, we
don't want it at this point.

Unless you can find a regression on non-Altivec code, that is...

--
Mark Mitchell                   mark@codesourcery.com
CodeSourcery, LLC               http://www.codesourcery.com