Re: [Patch] Slightly improve powerpc floating point handling

2012-11-19 Thread David Edelsohn
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Michael Meissner wrote: > I am working on support for a future processor, and I noticed that when I did > the power7 work initially in 2009, that I ordered the DF moves so that the VSX > moves came before traditional floating point moves. > > If reload needs to rel

[Patch] Slightly improve powerpc floating point handling

2012-11-19 Thread Michael Meissner
I am working on support for a future processor, and I noticed that when I did the power7 work initially in 2009, that I ordered the DF moves so that the VSX moves came before traditional floating point moves. If reload needs to reload a floating point register, it will match first on the VSX instr