[RFC] PPC64: Vector Function ABI for Power Architecture

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On Monday, January 27, 2020 3:42 PM, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@ascii.art.br> wrote:

> > can we now offer up PPC64 libmvec patches for inclusion in the main glibc
> > development repository? They currently live in branch tuliom/libmvec and we
> > would like to have them reviewed for acceptance into the master branch.
>
> The first step is to update the branch. It's still based on pre-2.30 code.
> I can update it.
>
> Then, we can resubmit the patches for broader review and, based on the
> information added to the libmvec wiki page, people will be able to test the
> patches with the correct GCC version, e.g. GCC version and required compiler
> flags.
>
> Notice that glibc source code is frozen now for the release of v2.31.
> Sending the libmvec patches early in 2.32 will give us enough time to review,
> merge and test.

Can you update the branch and let me know when that's completed? There are a few
changes that need to be made to math-vector.h and vec_finite_alias.c. Once you
have the branch based on the current master, I will submit a patch for these
changes.

Thanks.
Bert.