Re: I want to rid ugly float load/stores used only for data movement

[M L Riechers <mlr%rse.com@localhost>]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 00:48:32 -0800 (PST) toddpw%toddpw.org@localhost imparted:

> In any case, there is definitely a problem with GCC using FP registers on
> PPC to do 64-bit moves, it has definitely been dealt with in the Wind River
> edition of GCC, and I am pretty sure the FSF squashed it in their GCC at
> some point as well.
> 
> -- 
> Todd Whitesel
> toddpw @ toddpw.org

Grievously, I don't think that this was ever resolved.  There was
quite a discussion on the gcc%gcc.gnu.org@localhost mailing list in October of
last year, but it just seemed to run out of steam, and trail off,
without resolution.  Could be wrong, and delt with otherwise, but I
don't think so.  Definitely, according to Zack, Wind River has been
blest with the patch, but I can't find Zack Weinberg's patch in either
gcc 3.3 or the cvs repositories.

The original message containing Zack's patch can be found attached to
his e-mail here:

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>                                   Re: GCC floating point usage
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>      * From: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
>      * To: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
>      * Cc: Stefan Bylund <steby at enea dot se>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
>      * Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:59:00 -0700
>      * Subject: Re: GCC floating point usage
>      * References: <3DAAF0F6.33779263%enea.se@localhost>
>        <200210141637.MAA28330%makai.watson.ibm.com@localhost>
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and the discussion threaded around it.

I'm attempting to include his patch in my efforts to compile gcc 3.3
from the gnu source.

Best Regards,

-Mike