Add vsx register support for ppc inline asm, and implement preserves_flag option This should address the last(?) missing pieces of inline asm for ppc: * Explicit VSX register support. ISA 2.06 (POWER7) added a 64x128b register overlay extending the fpr's to 128b, and unifies them with the vmx (altivec) registers. Implementations details within gcc/llvm percolate up, and require using the `x` template modifier. I have updated the inline asm to implicitly include this for vsx arguments which do not specify it. ~~Support for the gcc codegen backend is still a todo.~~ * Implement the `preserves_flags` option. All ABI's, and all ISAs store their flags in `cr`, and the carry bit lives inside `xer`. The other status registers hold sticky bits or control bits which do not affect branch instructions. There is some interest in the e500 (powerpcspe) port. Architecturally, it has a very different FP ISA, and includes a simd extension called SPR (which is not IBM's cell SPE). Notably, it does not have altivec/fpr/vsx registers. It also has an SPE accumulator register which its ABI marks as volatile, but I am not sure if the compiler uses it.
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