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Re: accept 64-bit constant addresses in mips n32
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2003, Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de> wrote:
>
> > Depends on what you expect from .set mipsX. IMHO it should loosen all
> > ABI restrictions.
>
> I still don't see what .set mips# has to do with ABI issues. It has
> to do with selecting the architecture, not the ABI.
Trditionally it does more than that. The purpose of .set mipsX is to
allow full exploitation of the architecture's capabilities. ABI-imposed
register width restrictions are the obvious example.
Thiemo