PATCH RFA: Change MIPS ffs<mode>2 from define_insn to define_expand
Eric Christopher
echristo@redhat.com
Fri Jul 8 22:04:00 GMT 2005
> If we simply remove the ffs<mode>2 insn, then calls to __builtin_ffs
> will be expanded into calls to the library function ffs. Eric felt,
> in an offline discussion, that this would not be the best approach.
>
This is because I know of users that depend on the set of things that we
emit library calls for to basically not change from release to release
and don't want to introduce any I can avoid :)
>
> 2005-07-08 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
>
> * config/mips/mips.md (ffs<mode>2): Rewrite as define_expand.
>
OK.
Might want to give Richard a chance to object before committing though.
-eric
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