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Szabolcs Nagy c156098271 New expf, exp2f, logf, log2f and powf implementations
Based on code from https://github.com/ARM-software/optimized-routines/

This patch adds a highly optimized generic implementation of expf,
exp2f, logf, log2f and powf.  The new functions are not only
faster (6x for powf!), but are also smaller and more accurate.
In order to achieve this, the algorithm uses double precision
arithmetic for accuracy, avoids divisions and uses small table
lookups to minimize the polynomials.  Special cases are handled
inline to avoid the unnecessary overhead of wrapper functions and
set errno to POSIX requirements.

The new functions are added under newlib/libm/common, but the old
implementations are kept (in newlib/libm/math) for non-IEEE or
pre-C99 systems.  Targets can enable the new math code by defining
__OBSOLETE_MATH_DEFAULT to 0 in newlib/libc/include/machine/ieeefp.h,
users can override the default by defining __OBSOLETE_MATH.
Currently the new code is enabled for AArch64 and AArch32 with VFP.
Targets with a single precision FPU may still prefer the old
implementation.

libm.a size changes:
arm: -1692
arm/thumb/v7-a/nofp: -878
arm/thumb/v7-a+fp/hard: -864
arm/thumb/v7-a+fp/softfp: -908
aarch64: -1476
2017-10-13 10:58:00 +02:00
Jeff Johnston 8d3c10d72b 2010-12-02 Craig Howland <howland@LGSInnovations.com>
* libm/common/s_log2.c:  Change from using M_LOG2_E to M_LN2 define
        (from math.h--the latter is POSIX, the former non-standard).
        * libm/common/sf_log2.c:  Ditto.  Change cast for M_LN2 from float to
        float_t (in case all math not done in float).
        * libc/include/math.h:  Ditto (same 2 things as sf_log2.c).
2010-12-02 19:57:43 +00:00
Jeff Johnston d57ff5a8ac 2009-03-18 Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
* libm/common/s_log2.c: New file.
        * libm/common/sf_log2.c: Ditto.
        * libm/common/Makefile.am: Add s_log2.c and sf_log2.c.
        * libm/common/Makefile.in: Regenerated.
        * libc/include/math.h: Add log2 and log2f function prototypes.
2009-03-18 18:11:18 +00:00