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        "From": "Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>",
        "To": "qemu-devel@nongnu.org",
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        "Subject": "[PATCH v2 00/40] fpu: Export some internals for targets",
        "Date": "Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:04:43 +1000",
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    "content": "Based-on: 20260429222445.26301-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org\n(\"[PULL 00/48] fpu patch queue\")\n\nChanges for v2:\n  - Merge 48 patches\n  - Applied r-b\n  - Split partsN(muladd_scalbn) into partsN(muladd) + partsN(scalbn).\n  - Improvements to partsN(muladd).\n  - Export partsN(scalbn).\n  - Introduce exp_scalbn.\n  - Handle exp overflow during rounding.\n\n\nr~\n\n\nRichard Henderson (40):\n  fpu: Inline float8_e4m3_pack_raw to single caller\n  fpu: Inline float8_e5m2_pack_raw into single caller\n  fpu: Inline float16_pack_raw into callers\n  fpu: Inline bfloat16_pack_raw into callers\n  fpu: Inline float32_pack_raw into callers\n  fpu: Inline float64_pack_raw into callers\n  fpu: Mark unpack_raw64 QEMU_ALWAYS_INLINE\n  fpu: Mark pack_raw64 QEMU_ALWAYS_INLINE\n  fpu: Split FloatParts{64,128} to softfloat-parts.h\n  fpu: Export FloatFmt structures\n  fpu: Export unpack_canonical and round_pack_canonical routines\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_default_nan\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_silence_nan\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_return_nan\n  fpu: Sink exp_bias adjustment in float64r32_pack_raw\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_pick_nan\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_div\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_round_to_int\n  fpu: Use parts64_round_to_int in parts_s390_divide_to_integer\n  fpu: Export default_nan, pick_nan, return_nan routines\n  fpu: Introduce parts64_round_to_fmt\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_pick_nan_muladd\n  fpu: Introduce record_denormals_used\n  fpu: Split scalbn from partsN(muladd_scalbn)\n  fpu: Reorganize partsN(muladd)\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_muladd\n  fpu: Drop QEMU_FLATTEN from muladd routines\n  fpu: Export parts{64,128}_compare\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_mul\n  fpu: Hoist nan check in partsN_addsub\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_addsub\n  fpu: Simplify 0 +/- N case in parts_addsub\n  target/s390x: Move float{32,64}_s390_divide_to_integer\n  target/arm: Use FloatParts64 in bfdotadd_ebf\n  target/arm: Drop oddstatus from is_ebf and bfdotadd_ebf\n  target/arm: Use FloatParts64 in f16_dotadd\n  fpu: Return struct from parts{64,128}_scalbn\n  host-utils: Introduce signed saturation primitives\n  fpu: Saturate the exponent in uncanon_normal\n  fpu: Introduce exp_scalbn\n\n include/fpu/softfloat-parts.h  | 229 +++++++++++\n include/fpu/softfloat.h        |  11 -\n include/qemu/host-utils.h      |  60 +++\n target/arm/tcg/vec_internal.h  |  12 +-\n accel/tcg/tcg-runtime-gvec.c   |  20 +-\n fpu/softfloat.c                | 689 +++++++++++----------------------\n target/arm/tcg/sme_helper.c    | 102 ++---\n target/arm/tcg/vec_helper.c    | 127 +++---\n target/s390x/tcg/fpu_helper.c  | 135 +++++++\n fpu/softfloat-parts.c.inc      | 463 ++++++++++------------\n fpu/softfloat-specialize.c.inc |  42 +-\n 11 files changed, 1005 insertions(+), 885 deletions(-)\n create mode 100644 include/fpu/softfloat-parts.h"
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