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From: "Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
To: Dino Papararo <skizzato73@msn.com>
Cc: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>,
	"qemu-devel@nongnu.org" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>,
	Programmingkid <programmingkidx@gmail.com>,
	"luoyonggang@gmail.com" <luoyonggang@gmail.com>,
	"qemu-ppc@nongnu.org" <qemu-ppc@nongnu.org>,
	Howard Spoelstra <hsp.cat7@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: R: R: About hardfloat in ppc
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:25:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sggmjgit.fsf@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM4PR07MB350673696C7DE2CA16C9C685CAAD0@AM4PR07MB3506.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com>


Dino Papararo <skizzato73@msn.com> writes:

> Hi Alex,
<snip>
>
> I leave to you TCG's experts how it works and how to implement it, I'm
> only tryng to explain a possible fast way to go (if ever possible) 😊

This is all a theoretical discussion unless someone cares enough to
improve the situation. While I have an interest in improving TCG
performance I'm afraid there are many more easier wins before tackling a
target specific hack for which I'm not familiar. No doubt this thread
will be referred to next time someone wants something done about it.

> ..Large majority of software don't check for exceptions at all and if
> I really want to pursue max precision I'll go for a software
> multiprecision library like GMP or MPFR Libraries.

However for QEMU we regard failure to correctly emulate the architecture
as a bug - we don't code to common software patterns because there is
plenty of software out there that doesn't follow it.

> So the hardfloats 'should' be set as first choice and only if
> instruction requires precision/error check process it in softfloats.

Sure but someone will have to do the work to support that.

-- 
Alex Bennée


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-04-29 18:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-27  6:39 About hardfloat in ppc 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-27  9:42 ` Alex Bennée
2020-04-27 10:34   ` BALATON Zoltan
2020-04-27 11:10     ` Alex Bennée
2020-04-27 21:18       ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-28  8:36         ` Alex Bennée
2020-04-28 14:29           ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-29 10:17           ` R: " Dino Papararo
2020-04-29 10:31             ` Dino Papararo
2020-04-29 11:57             ` Alex Bennée
2020-04-29 12:33               ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-29 13:38                 ` Alex Bennée
2020-04-29 14:31               ` R: " Dino Papararo
2020-04-29 14:49                 ` Peter Maydell
2020-04-29 18:25                 ` Alex Bennée [this message]
2020-04-30  0:20                   ` R: " 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-30  2:18                     ` Richard Henderson
2020-04-30  7:26                       ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-30  8:11                         ` Alex Bennée
2020-04-30  8:13                       ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-30 15:35                         ` BALATON Zoltan
2020-04-30 16:34                           ` R: " Dino Papararo
2020-05-01  1:59                             ` Programmingkid
2020-05-01  2:21                               ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-05-01 11:58                                 ` BALATON Zoltan
2020-05-01 12:04                                   ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-05-01 13:10                                     ` Alex Bennée
2020-05-01 13:39                                       ` BALATON Zoltan
2020-05-01 14:01                                         ` Alex Bennée
2020-05-01 14:18                                       ` Richard Henderson
2020-05-01 16:25                                         ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-05-01 19:33                                           ` Alex Bennée
2020-05-01 16:29                                         ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-05-01 16:51                                           ` Richard Henderson
2020-05-01 17:49                                             ` 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-05-01 20:35                                               ` Richard Henderson
2020-04-29 23:12               ` R: " 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo)
2020-04-30 15:16           ` BALATON Zoltan
2020-04-30 18:59             ` Alex Bennée
2020-04-30 20:17               ` BALATON Zoltan

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