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authormatz <matz@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2009-11-05 14:11:26 +0000
committermatz <matz@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2009-11-05 14:11:26 +0000
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* config/i386/i386.c (ix86_builtin_reciprocal): Remove dependency
on TARGET_RECIP. * doc/invoke.texi (-mrecip): Clarify that we don't need -mrecip for 1/sqrtf. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@153940 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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@@ -12096,6 +12096,10 @@ Note that while the throughput of the sequence is higher than the throughput
of the non-reciprocal instruction, the precision of the sequence can be
decreased by up to 2 ulp (i.e. the inverse of 1.0 equals 0.99999994).
+Note that GCC implements 1.0f/sqrtf(x) in terms of RSQRTSS (or RSQRTPS)
+already with @option{-ffast-math} (or the above option combination), and
+doesn't need @option{-mrecip}.
+
@item -mveclibabi=@var{type}
@opindex mveclibabi
Specifies the ABI type to use for vectorizing intrinsics using an