[MIPS] Add saa and saad instructions for octeon
Paul_Koning@Dell.com
Paul_Koning@Dell.com
Tue Nov 15 17:23:00 GMT 2011
>Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@googlemail.com> writes:
>> Andrew Pinski <andrew.pinski@caviumnetworks.com> writes:
>>> Hi,
>>> This patch adds the saa and saad instructions for Octeon. They are
>>> not part of the original Octeon but are part of the Octeon+. We at
>>> Cavium don't feel the need to add a new arch for it since this is the
>>> only difference instruction wise and the original Octeon is no longer
>>> in production.
>>
>> I think it's still worth having a separate CPU name for it.
>
>and (to be clear) CPU enum, so that the instructions can be rejected for plain -march=octeon.
I agree. If they were added in octeonplus then they should show up if you select that arch. The issue isn't if the original chip is in current production; it matters that it was in production at some point in the past and people might have one. Otherwise we would end up with Pentium instructions showing up if you say -march=i386...
paul
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