[PATCH] powerpc: add vr save/restore functions

Andreas Schwab schwab at linux-m68k.org
Wed Jan 8 20:54:10 EST 2014


Michael Ellerman <michael at ellerman.id.au> writes:

> On Mon, 2013-12-30 at 15:31 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> GCC 4.8 now generates out-of-line vr save/restore functions when
>> optimizing for size.  They are needed for the raid6 altivec support.
>
> It looks like they're identical for 32 & 64-bit ?

They use different temporary registers and calling conventions (no .opd
for ppc64).
  
Andreas.

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