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List:       binutils
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] S/390: Add new z9-ec instructions.
From:       Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky () de ! ibm ! com>
Date:       2007-04-24 15:05:49
Message-ID: 1177427149.27153.15.camel () localhost
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On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 15:34 +0200, Andreas Krebbel wrote:
> with a new firmware level the z9 server series got several new instructions.
> These instructions are documented here:
> http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/a2278325.pdf
> 
> Most of the new instructions are part of the decimal floating point facility
> and were described in a preliminary document.  This patch adds the instructions
> missing in the preliminary document to the binutils package.
> 
> Most important for us currently is the pfpo instruction which is able to convert
> between different floating point formats.
> 
> Binutils built. No testsuite fails.
> 
> Ok?

Looks good, patch committed.

Nick: could we give Andreas write access for binutils? He has been doing
the work for the s390 backend lately. He already has the FSF papers and
the patches he has sent have all been looking good.

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