Add A2 to the list of PPC CPUs recognized by Linux host CPU-type detection.

[oota-llvm.git] / lib / Target / PowerPC / README_ALTIVEC.txt

diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt
index 9611f9e318d4d6385b810199e0953274b7b79c51..1e4c6fb9844052a31a8b88e6cdb837f7b65d3aeb 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt
@@ -169,3 +169,43 @@ LBB1_2: ; entry
         blr
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+CodeGen/PowerPC/vec_constants.ll has an and operation that should be
+codegen'd to andc.  The issue is that the 'all ones' build vector is
+SelectNodeTo'd a VSPLTISB instruction node before the and/xor is selected
+which prevents the vnot pattern from matching.
+
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+An alternative to the store/store/load approach for illegal insert element 
+lowering would be:
+
+1. store element to any ol' slot
+2. lvx the slot
+3. lvsl 0; splat index; vcmpeq to generate a select mask
+4. lvsl slot + x; vperm to rotate result into correct slot
+5. vsel result together.
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+Should codegen branches on vec_any/vec_all to avoid mfcr.  Two examples:
+
+#include <altivec.h>
+ int f(vector float a, vector float b)
+ {
+  int aa = 0;
+  if (vec_all_ge(a, b))
+    aa |= 0x1;
+  if (vec_any_ge(a,b))
+    aa |= 0x2;
+  return aa;
+}
+
+vector float f(vector float a, vector float b) { 
+  if (vec_any_eq(a, b)) 
+    return a; 
+  else 
+    return b; 
+}
+