[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2021-September/580207.html
gcc/ChangeLog: * doc/extend.texi (Half-Precision): Remove storage only description for _Float16 w/o avx512fp16. --- gcc/doc/extend.texi | 11 +++++------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi index 9501a60f20e..79fa1bd4bf8 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi @@ -1156,12 +1156,11 @@ It is recommended that portable code use the @code{_Float16} type defined by ISO/IEC TS 18661-3:2015. @xref{Floating Types}. On x86 targets with SSE2 enabled, without @option{-mavx512fp16}, -@code{_Float16} type is storage only, all operations will be emulated by -software emulation and the @code{float} instructions. The default behavior -for @code{FLT_EVAL_METHOD} is to keep the intermediate result of the operation -as 32-bit precision. This may lead to inconsistent behavior between software -emulation and AVX512-FP16 instructions. Using @option{-fexcess-precision=16} -will force round back after each operation. +all operations will be emulated by software emulation and the @code{float} +instructions. The default behavior for @code{FLT_EVAL_METHOD} is to keep the +intermediate result of the operation as 32-bit precision. This may lead to +inconsistent behavior between software emulation and AVX512-FP16 instructions. +Using @option{-fexcess-precision=16} will force round back after each operation. Using @option{-mavx512fp16} will generate AVX512-FP16 instructions instead of software emulation. The default behavior of @code{FLT_EVAL_METHOD} is to round -- 2.27.0