[PATCH] arm: allow SIMD instructions to be used without VFP support enabled

[Richard Earnshaw]

On 08/04/13 15:29, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Instructions shared between VFP and SIMD so far got rejected after using
>
> 	.arch_extension simd
> 	.arch_extension nofp
>
> because their table entries made them dependent on just VFP. Use a distinct
> feature mask for them instead.
>
> gas/
> 2013-04-08  Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
>
> 	* gas/config/tc-arm.c (fpu_vfp_v1xd_or_neon_ext): New.
> 	(insns) Use fpu_vfp_v1xd_or_neon_ext.
>

This needs some tests as well, please.  In particular, the tests need to 
ensure that the floating-point SIMD versions are correctly disabled for 
the case you cite above.

R.