--- Comment #5 from obiwan at mailmij dot org 2006-04-04 16:03 ---
hmm, ok. Seems I was wrong on the fact that -maltivec is the default for all
apps. Only certain programs use it.
It probably means that we (the few remaining maintainers of mdv-ppc) have to
find a satisfying fix for thos
--- Comment #4 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-04-04 15:48 ---
The change started to happen in 4.0.x but since the docs say:
Generate code that uses AltiVec instructions,
Which means implicated uses.
There is no option, you compile the altivec code in a seperate file.
People
--- Comment #3 from obiwan at mailmij dot org 2006-04-04 15:42 ---
whoa stop, since when is this? The man page is not particullary clear on this.
And where is it documented?
This is going to upset many people since now we basically need to compile
everything without -maltivec just to be
--- Comment #2 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2006-04-04 15:27 ---
-maltivec is enables altivec instructions everywhere so this is not a bug.
-maltivec does not just enable explict use of altivec but also implicate uses
which this is via memcpy.
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