AltiVec test failures
David Edelsohn
dje@watson.ibm.com
Fri Mar 25 16:42:00 GMT 2005
>>>>> Mark Mitchell writes:
Mark> We have a bunch of tests (like gcc.dg/altivec-14.c) that are compilation
Mark> tests for AltiVec. These tests use:
Mark> /* { dg-options "-maltivec" } */
Mark> However, if your target defaults to a processor that does not have
Mark> Altivec (like, for example, PPC 603), then the PowerPC back end ignores
Mark> -maltivec.
Mark> I would like to change these tests to do:
Mark> /* { dg-options "-maltivec -mcpu=7400" } */
Mark> so that the tests work even for these configurations.
Mark> Any objection to that change?
I do not have a fundamental objection, but is this still
necessary? I thought that options like -maltivec no longer is ignored.
David
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