Re: [RFC PATCH 5/8] fpu/softfloat: define brain floating-point types

[Richard Henderson]

On 7/12/20 4:45 PM, LIU Zhiwei wrote:
> Signed-off-by: LIU Zhiwei <zhiwei_liu@c-sky.com>
> ---
>  include/fpu/softfloat-types.h | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/fpu/softfloat-types.h b/include/fpu/softfloat-types.h
> index 7680193ebc..8f8fdfeecf 100644
> --- a/include/fpu/softfloat-types.h
> +++ b/include/fpu/softfloat-types.h
> @@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ typedef struct {
>  #define make_float128(high_, low_) ((float128) { .high = high_, .low = low_ 
> })
>  #define make_float128_init(high_, low_) { .high = high_, .low = low_ }
>  
> +/*
> + * Software brain floating-point types
> + */
> +typedef uint16_t bfloat16;
> +#define bfloat16_val(x) (x)
> +#define make_bfloat16(x) (x)
> +#define const_bfloat16(x) (x)

I do not like the val/make/const macros.  I've been meaning to get them 
everywhere.

The word "brain" is better translated as "neural-network" in english.


r~