Re: RFA: i386 is running out target mask bits

[H. J. Lu]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:03:34PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, H. J. Lu wrote:
> 
> > Are there any documents/examples for a second variable for flag bits?
> 
> config/linux.opt uses Mask and InverseMask with Var.

i386.c has many

static const struct builtin_description bdesc_comi[] =
{
  { MASK_SSE, CODE_FOR_sse_comi, ....

Whatever approach we choose, it won't be small. It seems to me
that bitfield is less error prone.


H.J.