[PATCH] Testsuite tweaks (SPARC)

Eric Botcazou ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr
Mon Oct 13 21:03:00 GMT 2003


> I don't know how wise it is to just do this for Sparc.

I don't know either. I have planned for some time to look at what the Sun 
Forte compiler does in conjunction with VIS. I'll try in the next few days.

> Is the compiler expected to handle vector modes even on platforms that
> don't have something like the altivec vector support the rs6000 backend
> has?

I think that the back-end should at least be able to handle function 
parameters that have vector modes. Currently it simply ICEs on them.

> If so, we should fix Sparc.

This would first mean devising a minimal vector ABI.

-- 
Eric Botcazou



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