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authorEvan Cheng <evan.cheng@apple.com>2006-04-13 05:09:45 +0000
committerEvan Cheng <evan.cheng@apple.com>2006-04-13 05:09:45 +0000
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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
index 08dcf5afc42..f58991728ea 100644
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+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@ commutative, it is not matched with the load on both sides. The dag combiner
should be made smart enough to cannonicalize the load into the RHS of a compare
when it can invert the result of the compare for free.
+How about intrinsics? An example is:
+ *res = _mm_mulhi_epu16(*A, _mm_mul_epu32(*B, *C));
+
+compiles to
+ pmuludq (%eax), %xmm0
+ movl 8(%esp), %eax
+ movdqa (%eax), %xmm1
+ pmulhuw %xmm0, %xmm1
+
+The transformation probably requires a X86 specific pass or a DAG combiner
+target specific hook.
+
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
LSR should be turned on for the X86 backend and tuned to take advantage of its
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