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This commit adds compiler support for two basic operations needed for binding
SIMD on x86 platforms:
* First, a `nontemporal_store` intrinsic was added for the `_mm_stream_ps`, seen
in rust-lang-nursery/stdsimd#114. This was relatively straightforward and is
quite similar to the volatile store intrinsic.
* Next, and much more intrusively, a new type to the backend was added. The
`x86_mmx` type is used in LLVM for a 64-bit vector register and is used in
various intrinsics like `_mm_abs_pi8` as seen in rust-lang-nursery/stdsimd#74.
This new type was added as a new layout option as well as having support added
to the trans backend. The type is enabled with the `#[repr(x86_mmx)]`
attribute which is intended to just be an implementation detail of SIMD in
Rust.
I'm not 100% certain about how the `x86_mmx` type was added, so any extra eyes
or thoughts on that would be greatly appreciated!
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