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| author | Nate Begeman <natebegeman@mac.com> | 2008-02-13 07:06:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nate Begeman <natebegeman@mac.com> | 2008-02-13 07:06:12 +0000 |
| commit | b5041b30851b1173170a8d281b2e9571a2a04bdd (patch) | |
| tree | ae404ac41c26af4f30b887b1b3f0c31327913291 /lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt | |
| parent | 261c704da165d4b5aa0d75a978cdc7e750cc033b (diff) | |
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readme updates
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@47051 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt index 143804da07..461b4123c7 100644 --- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt +++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README_ALTIVEC.txt @@ -177,3 +177,12 @@ which prevents the vnot pattern from matching. //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// + +An alternative to the store/store/load approach for illegal insert element +lowering would be: + +1. store element to any ol' slot +2. lvx the slot +3. lvsl 0; splat index; vcmpeq to generate a select mask +4. lvsl slot + x; vperm to rotate result into correct slot +5. vsel result together. |