I believe they are in fact borrowed from Intel, and those should be the correct corresponding functions. Brian On 12/20/05, Balint Joo <bjoo@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Brian, > Thank you for pointing me to this file. I found it earlier and > thought it didn't contain what I wanted, but now that you mention > it, I may just be looking at renaming of functions. > > Would you agree with the following correspondences? > > Was: xmmintrin.h version: > __builtin_ia32_loadaps __mm_load_ps > __builtin_ia32_storeaps __mm_store_ps > __builtin_ia32_loadss __mm_load_ss > __builtin_ia32_storess __mm_store_ss > > I also see a bunch of other __mm_ operations that are implemented > with __builtin_ia32_ operations, but the above 4 are different > since essentially they can be done with direct pointer ops mostly. > > If these do the job, they may also work with the intel compiler too > since I note in the header file the comment: > > /* Implemented from the specification included in the Intel C++ Compiler > User Guide and Reference, version 8.0. */ > > Thank you for pointing me (back) to this file. > > With best wishes, > Balint > > > Brian Budge wrote: > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but these were deprecated in favor of the > > xmmintrinsics? > > > > The equivalent of all the functions you mention exist in the > > xmmintrin.h file that comes with gcc. There are also files for SSE2, > > etc... > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > >>On 12/19/05, Balint Joo <bjoo@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>>Dear All, > >>> I note from a comment on bug ID 20049 > >>> > >>>(link: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20049 ) > >>> > >>>that certain SSE related builtin functions have been removed > >>>from GCC as of version 4.0. I quote from the comments on the bug report > >>>which merely noted that loadss was spelled loadsss in the documentation. > >>> > >>> > >>>>------- Comment #1 From Andrew Pinski 2005-02-18 04:50 [reply] ------- > >>>> > >>>>Well this builtin function now has been removed. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>------- Comment #2 From Kelley Cook 2005-04-20 18:03 [reply] ------- > >>>> > >>>>The obvious typo in the docs would still apply to 3.x though. > >>>> > >>>>4.x has the seperate issue that the following functions are no longer available > >>>>(I assume intentionally, though it really wasn't announced) yet still documented: > >>>> > >>>>__builtin_ia32_loadaps > >>>>__builtin_ia32_loadddup > >>>>__builtin_ia32_loadsss [__builtin_ia32_loadss] > >>>>__builtin_ia32_movddup > >>>>__builtin_ia32_pextrw > >>>>__builtin_ia32_pfrsqrtit1 > >>>>__builtin_ia32_pinsrw > >>>>__builtin_ia32_storeaps > >>>>__builtin_ia32_storess > >>>> > >>> > >>>We have some code, which uses these builtins, especially the > >>>loadaps, loadss and storeaps. Not being able to find the builtins is > >>>stopping us from moving from gcc-3.x series to the gcc-4.x series. > >>> > >>>Could anyone suggest alternative functionality that we could use? > >>>Should we be considering inline assembler, ro rewrite these > >>>routines or is there a better way? I tried to RTFM, but > >>>as the very same bug report shows, it has not been updated > >>>to cover the deprecation. Googling didn't help me much either. > >>> > >>>If there is a new way, is it backward compatible with gcc-3.x series? The > >>>best would be a way that is also portable to a recent Intel C++ compiler too. > >>> That would really help us. > >>> > >>>I would appreciate any help on this issue. > >>> With best wishes, > >>> Balint Joo > >>>-- > >>>------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> Dr Balint Joo High Performance Computational Scientist > >>>Jefferson Lab > >>>12000 Jefferson Ave, Mail Stop 16A, Room TC 166, > >>>Newport News, VA 23606, USA > >>>Tel: +1-757-269-5339, Fax: +1-757-269-6248 > >>>email: bjoo@xxxxxxxx (old email: bj@xxxxxxxxxxx) > >>>------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Balint Joo High Performance Computational Scientist > Jefferson Lab > 12000 Jefferson Ave, Mail Stop 16A, Room TC 166, > Newport News, VA 23606, USA > Tel: +1-757-269-5339, Fax: +1-757-269-6248 > email: bjoo@xxxxxxxx (old email: bj@xxxxxxxxxxx) > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >
