== This week ==
* Released Linaro 4.8 and 4.9 February 2015 release (2/10)
* Vector Extensions Project (7/10)
- Design work on C++ classes
- Reviewed Boost.simd as alternative implementation
- Review of libvpx benchmark
* Misc. (1/10)
- Conference calls
- ARM required online training
Hi,
I am trying to port the Boost.Context library (from www.boost.org) to aarch64
gcc and have come across a gnarly problem.
Boost.Context essentially does co-routine style context switching. It has a
structure f_context which it uses to save and restore contexts. The structure
f_context conta
Why don't you just have Boost.Context be a wrapper around
getcontext/setcontext/swapcontext and ignore the save_fp argument? Then you
don't need to write anything special for AARCH64 or any new target?
Thanks,
Andrew
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Hi Ed,
> However, there is a problem with this because gcc may store integer value in
> floating point registers around a function call.
Are you talking about FP registers being allocated for integer values
such that you dont know if FP registers are used in integer application
and you have to b
On 24 February 2015 at 23:53, Edward Nevill wrote:
> However, there is a problem with this because gcc may store integer value in
> floating point registers around a function call.
>
> So, I have no way of knowing whether it is actually necessary to save/restore
> floating point context.
>
> Eve
