--- libecb/ecb.h	2013/07/04 22:32:11	1.116
+++ libecb/ecb.h	2014/01/05 02:58:29	1.126
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * libecb - http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libecb
  *
- * Copyright (©) 2009-2012 Marc Alexander Lehmann <libecb@schmorp.de>
+ * Copyright (©) 2009-2013 Marc Alexander Lehmann <libecb@schmorp.de>
  * Copyright (©) 2011 Emanuele Giaquinta
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
 #endif
 
 /* work around x32 idiocy by defining proper macros */
-#if __x86_64 || _M_AMD64
-  #if __ILP32
+#if __amd64 || __x86_64 || _M_AMD64 || _M_X64
+  #if _ILP32
     #define ECB_AMD64_X32 1
   #else
     #define ECB_AMD64 1
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@
     #elif defined __ARM_ARCH_7__  || defined __ARM_ARCH_7A__  \
        || defined __ARM_ARCH_7M__ || defined __ARM_ARCH_7R__
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb"      : : : "memory")
-    #elif __sparc || __sparc__
+    #elif (__sparc || __sparc__) && !__sparcv8
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("membar #LoadStore | #LoadLoad | #StoreStore | #StoreLoad" : : : "memory")
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_ACQUIRE __asm__ __volatile__ ("membar #LoadStore | #LoadLoad"                            : : : "memory")
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_RELEASE __asm__ __volatile__ ("membar #LoadStore             | #StoreStore")
     #elif defined __s390__ || defined __s390x__
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("bcr 15,0" : : : "memory")
     #elif defined __mips__
-      /* GNU/Linux emulates sync on mips1 architectures, so we force it's use */
+      /* GNU/Linux emulates sync on mips1 architectures, so we force its use */
       /* anybody else who still uses mips1 is supposed to send in their version, with detection code. */
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ (".set mips2; sync; .set mips0" : : : "memory")
     #elif defined __alpha__
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_RELEASE __asm__ __volatile__ ("")
     #elif defined __ia64__
       #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("mf"       : : : "memory")
+    #elif defined __m68k__
+      #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ (""         : : : "memory")
+    #elif defined __m88k__
+      #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ ("tb1 0,%%r0,128" : : : "memory")
+    #elif defined __sh__
+      #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __asm__ __volatile__ (""         : : : "memory")
     #endif
   #endif
 #endif
@@ -173,6 +179,12 @@
 
   #elif ECB_GCC_VERSION(4,4) || defined __INTEL_COMPILER || defined __clang__
     #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         __sync_synchronize ()
+  #elif _MSC_VER >= 1500 /* VC++ 2008 */
+    /* apparently, microsoft broke all the memory barrier stuff in Visual Studio 2008... */
+    #pragma intrinsic(_ReadBarrier,_WriteBarrier,_ReadWriteBarrier)
+    #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         _ReadWriteBarrier (); MemoryBarrier()
+    #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_ACQUIRE _ReadWriteBarrier (); MemoryBarrier() /* according to msdn, _ReadBarrier is not a load fence */
+    #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_RELEASE _WriteBarrier (); MemoryBarrier()
   #elif _MSC_VER >= 1400 /* VC++ 2005 */
     #pragma intrinsic(_ReadBarrier,_WriteBarrier,_ReadWriteBarrier)
     #define ECB_MEMORY_FENCE         _ReadWriteBarrier ()
@@ -569,16 +581,50 @@
     || defined __alpha__ \
     || defined __hppa__ \
     || defined __ia64__ \
+    || defined __m68k__ \
+    || defined __m88k__ \
+    || defined __sh__ \
     || defined _M_IX86 || defined _M_AMD64 || defined _M_IA64
   #define ECB_STDFP 1
   #include <string.h> /* for memcpy */
 #else
   #define ECB_STDFP 0
-  #include <math.h> /* for frexp*, ldexp* */
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ECB_NO_LIBM
 
+  #include <math.h> /* for frexp*, ldexp*, INFINITY, NAN */
+
+  /* only the oldest of old doesn't have this one. solaris. */
+  #ifdef INFINITY
+    #define ECB_INFINITY INFINITY
+  #else
+    #define ECB_INFINITY HUGE_VAL
+  #endif
+
+  #ifdef NAN
+    #define ECB_NAN NAN
+  #else
+    #define ECB_NAN ECB_INFINITY
+  #endif
+
+  /* converts an ieee half/binary16 to a float */
+  ecb_function_ float ecb_binary16_to_float (uint16_t x) ecb_const;
+  ecb_function_ float
+  ecb_binary16_to_float (uint16_t x)
+  {
+    int e = (x >> 10) & 0x1f;
+    int m = x & 0x3ff;
+    float r;
+
+    if      (!e     ) r = ldexpf (m        ,    -24);
+    else if (e != 31) r = ldexpf (m + 0x400, e - 25);
+    else if (m      ) r = ECB_NAN;
+    else              r = ECB_INFINITY;
+
+    return x & 0x8000 ? -r : r;
+  }
+
   /* convert a float to ieee single/binary32 */
   ecb_function_ uint32_t ecb_float_to_binary32 (float x) ecb_const;
   ecb_function_ uint32_t