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cmd/compile/internal-abi: use x87 mode, not MMX mode

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Florian Weimer pointed out that my justification for using MMX mode
was nonsense and that staying in x87 mode simplifies transitions to
and from C. Hence, switch the spec to say we're always in x87 mode.

For #40724.

Change-Id: Iad916b2c376db41f95614aa6897f6b1184576bb7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/295789
Trust: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Cherry Zhang <cherryyz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com>
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@ -455,13 +455,12 @@ The arithmetic status flags are treated like scratch registers and not
preserved across calls.
All other bits in RFLAGS are system flags.
The CPU is always in MMX technology state (not x87 mode).
At function calls and returns, the CPU is in x87 mode (not MMX
technology mode).
*Rationale*: Go on amd64 uses the XMM registers and never uses the x87
registers, so it makes sense to assume the CPU is in MMX mode.
Otherwise, any function that used the XMM registers would have to
execute an EMMS instruction before calling another function or
returning (this is the case in the SysV ABI).
*Rationale*: Go on amd64 does not use either the x87 registers or MMX
registers. Hence, we follow the SysV platform conventions in order to
simplify transitions to and from the C ABI.
At calls, the MXCSR control bits are always set as follows: