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Re: [PATCH] Aarch64: Add simd exp/expf functions


On Wed, 2019-03-06 at 19:04 +0000, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> 
> this will need to detect support for
> __attribute__((aarch64_vector_pcs))
> (which will require gcc-9)

That seems easy enough to check for.

> and i plan to fix the lazy binding issue
> with vector pcs which will require a new
> binutils too (currently that's not super
> important since the dynamic linker is
> unlikely to use fpregs outside of v0-v7,
> but depending on the exact nature of the
> solution we may require a new gcc and
> new binutils too for libmvec)

I am not sure how I would check for this.
Will it need to be a version check on binutils
or will there be some functionality that can
be checked for?  A new fixup type?  Do you
have an estimate for when the binutils change
will go in?

Steve Ellcey
sellcey@marvell.com

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