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Re: ssnop for mips
- To: mike stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Subject: Re: ssnop for mips
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
- Date: 31 Jul 2001 09:45:02 +0100
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200107210106.SAA21005@kankakee.wrs.com>
> I think we have heard from all sides concerned. I'm not a gas person,
> nor a mips person, nor a CP0 hazard person, so I'd like to request
> that the `alpha' mips gas person (who are you?) step forward and
> decide this issue. I think it is complex enough and the shades of
> gray certainly have me confused over the best possible decision.
>
Heh. That'd be me (or some approximation of me).
> When exactly should ssnop be valid?
I think it should only be valid when it is explicitly described in the
official documentation for the chip's ISA. If it has a specific opcode
etc. Otherwise you'll just need to work around it like you have been.
-eric
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