Re: [arch-dev-public] Create guidelines regarding SIMD instructions/x86 extensions

2019-05-24 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
On Sat, 2019-05-25 at 10:35 +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > On 25/5/19 10:17 am, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Currently there are no guidelines stating which x86 extensions (ex. > > SSE2, SEE3, SSE4, AVX, etc.) we support. This is a bit problematic > > since it lets

Re: [arch-dev-public] Create guidelines regarding SIMD instructions/x86 extensions

2019-05-24 Thread Allan McRae via arch-dev-public
On 25/5/19 10:17 am, Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public wrote: > Hello, > > Currently there are no guidelines stating which x86 extensions (ex. > SSE2, SEE3, SSE4, AVX, etc.) we support. This is a bit problematic > since it lets compilers do what they want and possible generate code > that can't

[arch-dev-public] Create guidelines regarding SIMD instructions/x86 extensions

2019-05-24 Thread Filipe Laíns via arch-dev-public
Hello, Currently there are no guidelines stating which x86 extensions (ex. SSE2, SEE3, SSE4, AVX, etc.) we support. This is a bit problematic since it lets compilers do what they want and possible generate code that can't run on some systems. Even though this is an issue, it's not complete