Does altivec work on biarch compiler for gcc 3.3.3-hammer?

[Segher Boessenkool]

> Does altivec work with gcc 3.3.3 hammer?

Yes.

> I'm building  with -maltivec and -mabi=altivec but it does not seem to
> work
> for simple programs.  For instance,
>
> 	printf("%vc",(vector unsigned char) {'h','e','l','l','o'});

Not valid code.  A vector initializer has either one, or exactly
the correct number of elements (i.e., for char, 16 elts).

> Will print:
>
>  	%vc

glibc doesn't support vector printf extensions.  Political issue.

> Here is how I am building:
>
> 	gcc -maltivec -mabi=altivec -mcpu=970 -mtune=970 testy.c

-mtune is redundant; looks fine otherwise.


Segher


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