PowerPC G4 AltiVec support for gcc?

PowerPC G4 AltiVec support for gcc?

[Greg Allen]

I've done some net searching, without any luck.

Does anyone know of a project to add PPC AltiVec support to gcc, and where
may I find them?

I'm not even concerned with "automatic" AltiVec generation -- I'd be happy
with inline assembly (or the AltiVec PIM).

It seems my only options for the time being are CodeWarrior and MPW on MacOS.

Thanks,
-Greg
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Re: PowerPC G4 AltiVec support for gcc?

[David Edelsohn]

	Apple provides a modified version of egcs-1.1.2 with AltiVec
support.  The changes have not been assigned back to the FSF for inclusion
in the GCC public sources.  The source code at the Apple website
apparently only builds on Mac OS X.

	http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/darwin/projects.html

See "egcs-2" at the bottom, not "cctools-295-2" (nor cc-783.1-1).

David


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Re: PowerPC G4 AltiVec support for gcc?

[Joel Sherrill]

David Edelsohn wrote:
> 
>         Apple provides a modified version of egcs-1.1.2 with AltiVec
> support.  The changes have not been assigned back to the FSF for inclusion
> in the GCC public sources.  The source code at the Apple website
> apparently only builds on Mac OS X.
> 
>         http://www.publicsource.apple.com/projects/darwin/projects.html
> 
> See "egcs-2" at the bottom, not "cctools-295-2" (nor cc-783.1-1).

If all he wants is inline assembly why does gcc have to be Altivec
aware?
Isn't it enough for the assembler to recognize the instructions?

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