[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.
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Eric Botcazou
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