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Unimplemented x86 llvm intrinsic vcvtph2ps

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Description

When compiling half I noticed two warnings for a missing x86 llvm intrinsic vcvtph2ps:

warning: unsupported x86 llvm intrinsic llvm.x86.vcvtph2ps.128; replacing with trap
warning: unsupported x86 llvm intrinsic llvm.x86.vcvtph2ps.256; replacing with trap
trap at Instance { def: Item(DefId(2:23219 ~ core[4322]::core_arch::x86::f16c::_mm_cvtps_ph)), args: [0_i32] } (_ZN4core9core_arch3x864f16c12_mm_cvtps_ph17heb7efe16215ebb1fE): llvm.x86.vcvtps2ph.128

Thanks for all your work on the cranelift backend for rust!

Edit: I guess this is might be related to https://github.com/rust-lang/rustc_codegen_cranelift/issues/1461

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Start by reproducing the warnings from the half crate and trace the core_arch x86 f16c entry point _mm_cvtps_ph to the llvm.x86.vcvtph2ps.128 and .256 intrinsics. Compare this issue with related issue #1461. Done means both intrinsics compile without warnings or trap replacement and the relevant half-crate path works.

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rust
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compilers
Issue type
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