From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:37:15 +0100 (BST) Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([IPv6:::ffff:66.187.233.31]:47540 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:37:11 +0100 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6JHbAe1004699; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:37:10 -0400 Received: from localhost (mail@vpnuser5.surrey.redhat.com [172.16.9.5]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6JHb9a03018; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 13:37:09 -0400 Received: from rsandifo by localhost with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Bmc4a-00009l-00; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:37:08 +0100 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Ralf Baechle , gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bit targets References: <87hds49bmo.fsf@redhat.com> From: Richard Sandiford Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:37:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Maciej W. Rozycki's message of "Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:33:14 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: <87zn5v99vf.fsf@redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 5510 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: rsandifo@redhat.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips "Maciej W. Rozycki" writes: > Well, other targets, like the i386 (which didn't even have a 64-bit > variation till recently), do not force Linux to go through such > contortions. But arm targets (for instance) don't provide inline 64-bit shifts, do they? I don't think there's anything special in the MIPS ISA that makes them easier for MIPS than they are for ARM. Richard