Re: [PATCH] Performance counter opcodes for MIPS R1[02]000

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dmj+ at andrew dot cmu dot edu>]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:45:56AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> cgd@sibyte.com wrote:
> [snip]
> > The selection of t0 for that register name, for a binary unmarked with
> > ABI, is a change, and I don't understand why it's correct.
> 
> Ah, now I understand Your concern. I wasn't aware of the fact that
> there are unmarked binaries. I thought the use of ABI-flags was
> mandatory in ELF.

Nope.  Not only does, for instance, Linux/MIPS not use them - it would
be ABI-noncompliant to use them, unless I misread the psABI.  Only
noreorder, pic, cpic, and the four arch bits are defined for e_flags in
o32.

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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
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