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| author | David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-03-07 04:59:43 +0000 |
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| committer | David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-03-07 04:59:43 +0000 |
| commit | 66d672d8cb91e15209768619628e0999e14ff31c (patch) | |
| tree | b53d3ec6e3013820ccc3859aac7f711fd2aef724 /lib | |
| parent | 94e03502dcf451be8495442bbe73b32dd083d0e4 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/msun/man/fma.3 | 43 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/msun/man/fma.3 b/lib/msun/man/fma.3 index 1eb5b604df66..d4cb32cb93a1 100644 --- a/lib/msun/man/fma.3 +++ b/lib/msun/man/fma.3 @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm fma , -.Nm fmaf +.Nm fmaf , +.Nm fmal .Nd fused multiply-add .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libm @@ -39,11 +40,14 @@ .Fn fma "double x" "double y" "double z" .Ft float .Fn fmaf "float x" "float y" "float z" +.Ft long double +.Fn fmal "long double x" "long double y" "long double z" .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Fn fma +.Fn fma , +.Fn fmaf , and -.Fn fmaf +.Fn fmal functions return .No "(x * y) + z" , computed with only one rounding error. @@ -62,23 +66,21 @@ accuracy of calculations such as dot products. It may also be used to improve performance on machines that implement it natively. The macros -.Dv FP_FAST_FMA -and +.Dv FP_FAST_FMA , .Dv FP_FAST_FMAF +and +.Dv FP_FAST_FMAL may be defined in .In math.h to indicate that -.Fn fma +.Fn fma , +.Fn fmaf , and -.Fn fmaf +.Fn fmal (respectively) have comparable or faster speed than a multiply operation followed by an add operation. .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -In general, -.Fn fma -and -.Fn fmaf -will behave as one would expect if +In general, these routines will behave as one would expect if .No "x * y + z" were computed with unbounded precision and range, then rounded to the precision of the return type. @@ -93,13 +95,22 @@ would have otherwise generated an invalid exception. .Xr math 3 .Sh STANDARDS The -.Fn fma +.Fn fma , +.Fn fmaf , and -.Fn fmaf +.Fn fmal functions conform to .St -isoC-99 . A fused multiply-add operation with virtually identical characteristics appears in IEEE draft standard 754R. .Sh HISTORY -These routines first appeared in -.Fx 5.4 . +The +.Fn fma +and +.Fn fmaf +routines first appeared in +.Fx 5.4 , +and +.Fn fmal +appeared in +.Fx 5.5 . |
