Ticket #5308 (new feature request)
Generalize -msse2 command line flag to -msse<version number>
| Reported by: | tibbe | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | low | Milestone: | 7.6.2 |
| Component: | Compiler | Version: | 7.0.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | johan.tibell@… | |
| Operating System: | Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple |
| Type of failure: | None/Unknown | Difficulty: | |
| Test Case: | Blocked By: | ||
| Blocking: | Related Tickets: |
Description
I'm looking into adding support for the popcnt instruction. The instruction should be used if the user specifies -msse4.2*. I think we should generalize the -msse2 flag to be just -msse followed by a version number.
* Although not formally part of the SSE 4.2 instruction set, the popcnt instruction was added at the same time. GCC enables the popcnt instruction if you specify -msse4.2, so I thought it'd be reasonable for us to do so as well.
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