2 * Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@NetBSD.org>.
7 * Modified by Lex Wennmacher <wennmach@NetBSD.org>
11 #include <machine/asm.h>
15 RCSID("$NetBSD: s_log1p.S,v 1.13 2003/09/16 18:17:11 wennmach Exp $")
18 * The log1p() function is provided to compute an accurate value of
19 * log(1 + x), even for tiny values of x. The i387 FPU provides the
20 * fyl2xp1 instruction for this purpose. However, the range of this
21 * instruction is limited to:
22 * -(1 - (sqrt(2) / 2)) <= x <= sqrt(2) - 1
23 * -0.292893 <= x <= 0.414214
24 * at least on older processor versions.
26 * log1p() is implemented by testing the range of the argument.
27 * If it is appropriate for fyl2xp1, this instruction is used.
28 * Else, we compute log1p(x) = ln(2)*ld(1 + x) the traditional way
31 * The range testing costs speed, but as the rationale for the very
32 * existence of this function is accuracy, we accept that.
34 * In order to reduce the cost for testing the range, we check if
35 * the argument is in the range
37 * which can be done with just one conditional branch. If x is
38 * inside this range, we use fyl2xp1. Outside of this range,
39 * the use of fyl2x is accurate enough.
46 XMM_ONE_ARG_DOUBLE_PROLOGUE
50 fadd %st(0) /* ... x 2 */
51 fadd %st(0) /* ... x 4 */
53 fdivp /* ... x 0.25 */