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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001TODO LIST
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4POW{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - power
5RPW{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - reverse power
6POL{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - polar angle (arctan2)
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8LOG{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - logarithm to base 10
9LGN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - logarithm to base e
10EXP{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - exponent
11SIN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - sine
12COS{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - cosine
13TAN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - tangent
14ASN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arcsine
15ACS{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arccosine
16ATN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arctangent
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18These are not implemented. They are not currently issued by the compiler,
19and are handled by routines in libc. These are not implemented by the FPA11
20hardware, but are handled by the floating point support code. They should
21be implemented in future versions.
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23There are a couple of ways to approach the implementation of these. One
24method would be to use accurate table methods for these routines. I have
25a couple of papers by S. Gal from IBM's research labs in Haifa, Israel that
26seem to promise extreme accuracy (in the order of 99.8%) and reasonable speed.
27These methods are used in GLIBC for some of the transcendental functions.
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29Another approach, which I know little about is CORDIC. This stands for
30Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer, and is a method of computing
31transcendental functions using mostly shifts and adds and a few
32multiplications and divisions. The ARM excels at shifts and adds,
33so such a method could be promising, but requires more research to
34determine if it is feasible.
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36Rounding Methods
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38The IEEE standard defines 4 rounding modes. Round to nearest is the
39default, but rounding to + or - infinity or round to zero are also allowed.
40Many architectures allow the rounding mode to be specified by modifying bits
41in a control register. Not so with the ARM FPA11 architecture. To change
42the rounding mode one must specify it with each instruction.
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44This has made porting some benchmarks difficult. It is possible to
45introduce such a capability into the emulator. The FPCR contains
46bits describing the rounding mode. The emulator could be altered to
47examine a flag, which if set forced it to ignore the rounding mode in
48the instruction, and use the mode specified in the bits in the FPCR.
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50This would require a method of getting/setting the flag, and the bits
51in the FPCR. This requires a kernel call in ArmLinux, as WFC/RFC are
52supervisor only instructions. If anyone has any ideas or comments I
53would like to hear them.
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55[NOTE: pulled out from some docs on ARM floating point, specifically
56 for the Acorn FPE, but not limited to it:
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58 The floating point control register (FPCR) may only be present in some
59 implementations: it is there to control the hardware in an implementation-
60 specific manner, for example to disable the floating point system. The user
61 mode of the ARM is not permitted to use this register (since the right is
62 reserved to alter it between implementations) and the WFC and RFC
63 instructions will trap if tried in user mode.
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65 Hence, the answer is yes, you could do this, but then you will run a high
66 risk of becoming isolated if and when hardware FP emulation comes out
67 -- Russell].