Re: Problem with altivec.h? [was: Elena -- where is altivec.h?]

Elena Zannoni
2002-05-18T00:59:01Z

Daniel Jacobowitz writes:
> On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 06:39:30PM -0400, Elena Zannoni wrote:
> > Elena Zannoni writes:
> > > Michael Snyder writes:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > gdb.arch refers to this file, but I can't find it.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > >
> > > It's in gcc/config/rs6000 I think. If not it's somewhere close to that.
> > > It's in gcc definitely.
> > >
> > > Elena
> >
> > MichaelS reminded me (private e-mail) that we cannot have gcc files
> > being required by the gdb tree.
> > I guess we should make our own copy of altivec.h?
>
> I don't think that's quite right. <altivec.h> is an _installed_ gcc
> file. It goes into gcc-lib/.../include.
>
> If the file is not found, we shouldn't be running the tests.
>

That was my thought originally. Unless there is a gcc with the right
bits the tests won't work anyway. But I thought I was missing
something in the bigger picture.

Elena

> > In case this is not obvious, the altivec C testsfiles (or any altivec
> > programs) need to include this <altivec.h> gcc file because it has
> > all the necessary #defines for vector types.
> >
> > I could just add a copy to the gdb.arch directory. or include/gdb ?
> > What's the procedure here?
> >
> >
> > Elena
>
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