Bug#304089: marked as done ([PPC] Enable -mvrsave=yes by default)
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From: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
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Subject: [PPC] Enable -mvrsave=yes by default
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Package: gcc-3.4
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Apparently latest packages of gcc-3.4 have disabled -mvrsave=yes for
powerpc. This breaks existing software which uses Altivec and it's also
wrong. Even worse, it's not documented in the changelog (Debian or
normal). The code that is produced is unstable. Please enable it by
default.
Thanks
Konstantinos
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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.gr>
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Subject: Re: Bug#304089: [PPC] Enable -mvrsave=yes by default
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:52:01PM +0300, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
> Still, I understand that there are some thoughts to enable vrsave in
> the kernel. In that case, shouldn't the compiler enable it per
> default?
There's no point until there's a transition plan. The kernel can't
turn it on while people still have binaries that ignore it.
> As far as I'm concerned, this bug may be closed or turned to a
> wishlist.
Thanks, I'm going to close it.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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