Re: Altivec matmul kernel (attachment)

[Nicholas Coult <coult@augsburg.edu>]

Hi,

There is actually a version of gcc that recognizes altivec keywords.  It 
is available in source or rpm binary form for Linux at www.altivec.org.  
(I actually used Mac OS X for writing the code; the compiler is also a 
patched version of gcc that recognizes altivec instructions, among other 
things).

However, I recognize that Debian users won't find that so convenient.  
I'm not sure how to go about generating assembly output, though, since 
my kernel source file isn't compiled directly but rather is used by 
Atlas to generate code...any suggestions?

-Nick


On Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at 03:22  PM, Camm Maguire wrote:

>
> Greetings!  I was just checking out your kernel, and realized that it
> requires a compiler which recognizes the altivec extension keywords,
> which gcc alas does not.  Could you perhaps compile with the -S flag
> to generate assembly output files, and post these?  gcc can wrap this
> code in a C macro.  Many Debian PPC users might appreciate your
> kernel!
>
> Take care,
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> Camm Maguire			     			camm@enhanced.com
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