[RFC][PATCH] MIPS: IEEE 754-2008 NaN encoding support

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2013, Rich Felker wrote:

> >  References:
> > 
> > [1] "IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic", IEEE Computer Society, 
> >     IEEE Std 754-2008, 29 August 2008
> > 
> > [2] "MIPS Architecture For Programmers, Volume I-A: Introduction to the 
> >     MIPS32 Architecture", MIPS Technologies, Inc., Document Number: 
> >     MD00082, Revision 3.50, September 20, 2012
> > 
> > [3] "MIPS Architecture For Programmers, Volume I-A: Introduction to the 
> >     MIPS64 Architecture", MIPS Technologies, Inc., Document Number: 
> >     MD00083, Revision 3.50, September 20, 2012
> 
> These documents do not seem to be publicly available; I can only mind
> much older versions online, such as 0.95:
> 
> http://www.ece.lsu.edu/ee4720/mips64v1.pdf

 You can download current versions (5.02 and 5.01 respectively) of MIPS 
architecture documents here:

http://www.imgtec.com/mips/mips32-architecture.asp

http://www.imgtec.com/mips/mips64-architecture.asp

The IEEE standard is available from IEEE under the usual terms.

  Maciej