[RFC] How to add vector math functions to Glibc

Andrew Senkevich andrew.n.senkevich@gmail.com
Thu Sep 18 17:29:00 GMT 2014


>> due to latest OpenMP and CilkPlus features supported in GCC vectorized
>> math functions can be utilized more widely. So we need to find general
>> way how to add vectorized math functions to Glibc.
>> Lets discuss the following questions which were raised after first
>> patch x86_64 specific was sent.
>>
>
> What are the main target users of this extension? Is
> it mainly for programmers to use it directly in their
> applications, mostly independent of compilers? Or is it
> mainly for GCC?

It is mainly for GCC.

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WBR,
Andrew



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