Re: Altivec matmul kernel (attachment)

[Nicholas Coult <coult@augsburg.edu>]

On second thought, I think generating assembly wouldn't solve the 
problem, since the assembler has to recognize the altivec assembly 
instructions in order to generate the object code...

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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