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Re: 64-bit subtract from vector unsigned int



On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 03:12:38PM +0200, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
> You remember correctly, and also G5 (PowerPC 970) are 64-bits natively
> and will happily run a 64 bits kernel (and even userland) in Linux
> (including Debian), so this is for G4 (PowerPC 74xx) only (and G5
> running OSX, or NetBSD which doesn't have a 64-bit kernel / userland
> yet).
> 
> [this is for PowerMacs - some newer, embedded, 32 bits powerpc also
> have AltiVec, although the one in the AmigaOne X5000 doesn't].

Right the X1000 had it, and the X5000 does not (but it is 64 bit),
and the A1222 doesn't even have powerpc floatingpoint.  They are such
a mess.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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