From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26203 invoked by alias); 21 May 2002 03:50:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 26145 invoked from network); 21 May 2002 03:50:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.83.203) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 21 May 2002 03:50:43 -0000 Received: from culebra.cygnus.com (taarna.sfbay.redhat.com [205.180.230.102]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA26952; Mon, 20 May 2002 20:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from aldyh@localhost) by culebra.cygnus.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) id g4L3nq300503; Tue, 21 May 2002 13:49:52 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 20:50:00 -0000 From: Aldy Hernandez To: Michael Snyder Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com, ezannoni@redhat.com Subject: Re: [RFC] Tests for vector types? Message-ID: <20020521034951.GE416@redhat.com> References: <3CE98F1E.593D2A1A@redhat.com> <20020521003143.GF12079@redhat.com> <3CE99939.649D5415@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3CE99939.649D5415@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-SW-Source: 2002-05/txt/msg00246.txt.bz2 > > i have some patches i'm polishing up to provide just that-- any > > SIMD type (say V4SI) regardless of if the hardware supports it. this > > will make it easier to write generic tests. > > That's what I mean -- I'm thinking, support for the vector type > really has nothing to do with the architecture. The vector type > is just an array that is passed by value, rather than by reference. > You don't have to have a special register to do that. give me a week or two. the patches are done but need documentation. aldy