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11 #if !defined(_SOFT_FLOAT)
14 Fast version of pow using Intel float instructions.
16 float _f_powf (float x, float y);
18 Function calculates x to power of y.
19 The function optimizes the case where x is >0.0 and y is finite.
20 In such a case, there is no error checking or setting of errno.
21 All other cases defer to normal powf() function which will
29 float _f_powf (float x
, float y
)
31 /* following sequence handles the majority of cases for pow() */
32 if (x
> 0.0 && check_finitef(y
))
35 /* calculate x ** y as 2 ** (y log2(x)). On Intel, can only
36 raise 2 to an integer or a small fraction, thus, we have
37 to perform two steps 2**integer portion * 2**fraction. */
38 asm ("flds 8(%%ebp); fyl2x; fld %%st; frndint; fsub %%st,%%st(1);" \
39 "fxch; fchs; f2xm1; fld1; faddp; fxch; fld1; fscale; fstp %%st(1);"\
40 "fmulp" : "=t" (result
) : "0" (y
));
43 else /* all other strange cases, defer to normal pow() */