[LLVMdev] MIPS backend and VFPU

Bruno Cardoso Lopes bruno.cardoso at gmail.com
Mon Oct 12 22:42:08 PDT 2009


Hi,

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:23 AM, jetcube <pmlopes at gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that the MIPS backend was developed as a backend for the
> generic MIPS processor and also as a Google SoC targeting the Allegrex
> CPU, however there is no support for vector instructions. I see that
> vectorization is a very powerfull weapon from LLVM when compared to
> other compilers but in the case of the Allegrex CPU it is not
> supported. Are there any plans in the near future to add support for
> it?

Not that I'm aware of.
I may do that someday, but it's not in my plans for a near future,
but patches are always welcome! :)

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