[lworld+fp16] RFR: 8345053: Add support for FP16 valueOf routines [v3]

[Jatin Bhateja]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:23:42 GMT, Bhavana Kilambi <bkilambi at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This patch adds intrinsic support for Float16.valueOf() routines - conversions from int/long/double to half float.
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> Bhavana Kilambi has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Address review comments

Thanks @Bhavana-Kilambi, after scalar Float16 support patch gets integrated into mainline, we will need a little fine-tuning around vector IR, before that a merge is required from mainline (mainline->lworld->lworld+fp16)

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Marked as reviewed by jbhateja (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1332#pullrequestreview-2595185362