[PATCH v2] powerpc: Optimized version of powf()

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 06/23/2017 08:22 AM, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote:
> Paul Clarke <pc@us.ibm.com> writes:
> 
>> Most significant changes are code simplification and use of doubles for
>> intermediate values.  Also, some rearrangement to move early
>> non-dependent code later, out of the faster paths.
>>
>> 2017-06-15  Paul A. Clarke  <pc@us.ibm.com>
>>
>> 	* sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/e_powf.c: Optimized implementation utilizing
>> 	rearranged code and doubles float types.
> 
> I removed "powerpc:" from the subject and pushed it as c340290de867.
 
I want to point out that I am immensely pleased to see that on first submission
this kind of patch has a micorbenchmark quote as the reason for making the
change. A job well done to IBM for making objective engineering decisions using
the microbenchmark framework! :-)

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Cheers,
Carlos.