Re: About fpr usage in mips64

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Heiher <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Loongson-3a specific instructions are used in this program, so I use
> "-march=loongson3a -mabi=32" to compile it. The configure script will use
> -march to probe whether these instructions are supported, and I don't want
> to break this behavior. P.S: Loongson-3a is mips64 compatible, it has the
> same behavior to use FPRs as mips64.

If the instructions are used in asm statements, rather than generated by
the compiler, you can probably use ".set" in the asm statements to tell
the assembler to accept the instructions.

Ian


> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Heiher <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> I want to use ICT Loongson 3A extension SIMD instructions in o32 ABI
>>> program. The march loongson3a is based on mips64. -mfp32 don't work...
>>
>> I guess I don't know what it means to use -mips64 with -mabi=32.  I'm
>> not surprised that it doesn't work.  I don't even think this is is a
>> bug.  You explained why you want to use -mips64, but why do you want to
>> use -mabi=32?  Why not just recompile the program?
>>
>> If you can't recompile the program, then as far as I can see you are
>> going to have to write some sort of stubs to call between your o32 code
>> and your mips64 code.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Heiher <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> The o32 abi programs could only use even-numbered floating-point
>>>>> registers by appointment. The GCC generate assembly source  code using
>>>>> odd-numbered floating-point register when I -march=mips64 and
>>>>> -mabi=32. Every double floating-point instructions will use 32-bit
>>>>> even/odd-numbered paired 64-bit fpr when 0 = bit FR in Status
>>>>> register. However kernel set bit FR to a thread at loading ELF for N32
>>>>> or 64 only. In other words, o32 abi process can't use odd-numbered
>>>>> fpr.
>>>>>
>>>>> How ought I to act? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure it makes sense to use -march=mips64 -mabi=32.  Why do you
>>>> want to do that?
>>>>
>>>> You could try using the -mfp32 option but I don't know whether it will
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>> Ian



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