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-rw-r--r--lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt25
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt
index 3d0736d65e..b23b9a4cc4 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt
@@ -402,3 +402,28 @@ Implement TargetConstantVec, and set up PPC to custom lower ConstantVec into
TargetConstantVec's if it's one of the many forms that are algorithmically
computable using the spiffy altivec instructions.
+===-------------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+Compile this:
+
+double %test(double %X) {
+ %Y = cast double %X to long
+ %Z = cast long %Y to double
+ ret double %Z
+}
+
+to this:
+
+_test:
+ fctidz f0, f1
+ stfd f0, -8(r1)
+ lwz r2, -4(r1)
+ lwz r3, -8(r1)
+ stw r2, -12(r1)
+ stw r3, -16(r1)
+ lfd f0, -16(r1)
+ fcfid f1, f0
+ blr
+
+without the lwz/stw's.
+