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Subject: Re: g++ 3.4.0 cygwin, codegen SSE & alignement issues
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To: gcc AT ompf DOT org
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: Ross Ridge <rridge AT csclub DOT uwaterloo DOT ca>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Message-Id: <20040429150141.92534A8560@perpugilliam.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
From: rridge AT csclub DOT uwaterloo DOT ca (Ross Ridge)

> I see. It's much more reasonable. Tho i find rather strange that gcc 
> doesn't put those in a special section and implicitely asks for a 16 
> bytes alignement for all constants (when it's only really needed for 
> some specific target optimizations), but that's just my armchair expert 
> opinion.

GCC does ask for 16-byte alignment for the SSE constants, but the request
isn't honoured by binutils.

						Ross Ridge

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