Merge pull request #172 from zakk0610/fp16

Draft for adding IEEE half-precision floating-point type.
riscv-non-isa · Jul 21, 2021 · 1942a05 · 1942a05
2 parents 7eabad5 + 2d325eb
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diff --git a/riscv-elf.md b/riscv-elf.md
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ There are two conventions for C type sizes and alignments.
     long long            |  8            |  8
     __int128             | 16            | 16
     void *               |  8            |  8
+    _Float16             |  2            |  2
     float                |  4            |  4
     double               |  8            |  8
     long double          | 16            | 16
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ There are two conventions for C type sizes and alignments.
     long                 |  4            |  4
     long long            |  8            |  8
     void *               |  4            |  4
+    _Float16             |  2            |  2
     float                |  4            |  4
     double               |  8            |  8
     long double          | 16            | 16
@@ -436,6 +438,8 @@ arguments are either `0` (`false`) or `1` (`true`).
 
 A null pointer (for all types) has the value zero.
 
+`_Float16` is as defined in the C ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 extension.
+
 `_Complex` types have the same layout as a struct containing two fields of the
 corresponding real type (`float`, `double`, or `long double`), with the first
 member holding the real part and the second member holding the imaginary part.