On Sun, 19 Aug 2012, Oleg Endo wrote: > This is what has been done so far on the SH side for 4.8. > I hope it's OK.
Wow, that is quite impressive (and a nice write-up also)! I see this was already approved, but allow me to suggest some minor editorial comments... Index: htdocs/gcc-4.8/changes.html =================================================================== + <li>The default alignment settings have been reduced to be less aggresive. "aggressive" + <li>Minor tweaks for code around software atomic sequences that are + enabled by <code>-msoft-atomic</code>.</li> "code for"? Not sure... + <li>A new option <code>-menable-tas</code> will make the compiler + generate the <code>tas.b</code> instruction for the + <code>__atomic_test_and_set</code> built-in function.</li> A naive question: Why is this not on by default? Or is it under certain circumstances? + <li>The <code>fmac</code> instruction will now be emitted by the + <code>fmaf</code> standard and built-in function.</li> "built-in standard function", perhaps? + <li>The <code>-mfused-madd</code> option has been depricated in favor of "deprecated" + <li>Added new options <code>-mfsrra</code> and <code>-mfsca</code> to allow + the compiler using the <code>fsrra</code> and <code>fsca</code> + instructions on CPUs other than SH4A.</li> How about adding "...SH4A (where they are already on by default)" or similar? Gerald
