xref: /netbsd/sys/arch/alpha/include/ieee.h (revision bf9ec67e)
1 /* $NetBSD: ieee.h,v 1.2 1997/04/06 08:47:27 cgd Exp $ */
2 
3 /*
4  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
5  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * This software was developed by the Computer Systems Engineering group
8  * at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under DARPA contract BG 91-66 and
9  * contributed to Berkeley.
10  *
11  * All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
12  * must display the following acknowledgement:
13  *	This product includes software developed by the University of
14  *	California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
15  *
16  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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27  *	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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29  *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
30  *    without specific prior written permission.
31  *
32  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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43  *
44  *	@(#)ieee.h	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/11/93
45  *
46  * from: Header: ieee.h,v 1.7 92/11/26 02:04:37 torek Exp
47  */
48 
49 /*
50  * ieee.h defines the machine-dependent layout of the machine's IEEE
51  * floating point.  It does *not* define (yet?) any of the rounding
52  * mode bits, exceptions, and so forth.
53  */
54 
55 /*
56  * Define the number of bits in each fraction and exponent.
57  *
58  *		     k	         k+1
59  * Note that  1.0 x 2  == 0.1 x 2      and that denorms are represented
60  *
61  *					  (-exp_bias+1)
62  * as fractions that look like 0.fffff x 2             .  This means that
63  *
64  *			 -126
65  * the number 0.10000 x 2    , for instance, is the same as the normalized
66  *
67  *		-127			   -128
68  * float 1.0 x 2    .  Thus, to represent 2    , we need one leading zero
69  *
70  *				  -129
71  * in the fraction; to represent 2    , we need two, and so on.  This
72  *
73  *						     (-exp_bias-fracbits+1)
74  * implies that the smallest denormalized number is 2
75  *
76  * for whichever format we are talking about: for single precision, for
77  *
78  *						-126		-149
79  * instance, we get .00000000000000000000001 x 2    , or 1.0 x 2    , and
80  *
81  * -149 == -127 - 23 + 1.
82  */
83 #define	SNG_EXPBITS	8
84 #define	SNG_FRACBITS	23
85 
86 #define	DBL_EXPBITS	11
87 #define	DBL_FRACBITS	52
88 
89 struct ieee_single {
90 	u_int	sng_frac:23;
91 	u_int	sng_exp:8;
92 	u_int	sng_sign:1;
93 };
94 
95 struct ieee_double {
96 	u_int	dbl_fracl;
97 	u_int	dbl_frach:20;
98 	u_int	dbl_exp:11;
99 	u_int	dbl_sign:1;
100 };
101 
102 /*
103  * Floats whose exponent is in [1..INFNAN) (of whatever type) are
104  * `normal'.  Floats whose exponent is INFNAN are either Inf or NaN.
105  * Floats whose exponent is zero are either zero (iff all fraction
106  * bits are zero) or subnormal values.
107  *
108  * A NaN is a `signalling NaN' if its QUIETNAN bit is clear in its
109  * high fraction; if the bit is set, it is a `quiet NaN'.
110  */
111 #define	SNG_EXP_INFNAN	255
112 #define	DBL_EXP_INFNAN	2047
113 
114 #if 0
115 #define	SNG_QUIETNAN	(1 << 22)
116 #define	DBL_QUIETNAN	(1 << 19)
117 #endif
118 
119 /*
120  * Exponent biases.
121  */
122 #define	SNG_EXP_BIAS	127
123 #define	DBL_EXP_BIAS	1023
124