On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 06:54:52PM -0400, Michael Meissner wrote: > This patch implements the necessary move and peephole support for 32-bit ISA > 2.05/2.06 (power7/power8) targets, so that the compiler can optimize: > > load FPR, <offsettable memory> move FPR, ALTIVEC > move ALTIVEC, FPR store FPR, <offsettable memory> > > into: > > ADDI GPR, <offsettable address> ADDI GPR, <offsettable address> > load ALTIVEC, GPR store ALTIVEC, GPR
> Can I install this into the trunk and after a burn in period, install it on > the > GCC 7 and GCC 6 branches (the previous patch for 64-bit is already installed > on > both branches)? If desired, I can make sure it gets into 6.4, or I can wait > to > install the patch until after 6.4 ships. Okay for trunk; okay for 7. Also okay for 6, if you are confident it will not cause problems. Thanks, Segher
