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+//===-- powixf2.cpp - Implement __powixf2 ---------------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This file implements __powixf2 for the compiler_rt library.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#if !_ARCH_PPC
+
+#include "int_lib.h"
+
+// Returns: a ^ b
+
+long double
+__powixf2(long double a, si_int b)
+{
+    const int recip = b < 0;
+    long double r = 1;
+    while (1)
+    {
+        if (b & 1)
+            r *= a;
+        b /= 2;
+        if (b == 0)
+            break;
+        a *= a;
+    }
+    return recip ? 1/r : r;
+}
+
+#endif