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Re: [Fwd: Re: [PATCH] MIPS32 DSP instructions again]
Eric Christopher wrote:
At the end of the day, you need to know the assembly language of
the target you're coding for. And from what I've seen of the DSP
instructions, remembering to call the registers "$acX" is probably
going to be the least of your worries. ;)
Heh. OK. I'll bow to the pressure :) I do wish they'd asked first.
Hmm. The MIPS architecture is owned and defined and by MIPS
Technologies, and although we love the GNU community dearly, we aren't
beholden to it - at least as far as the architecture and instruction set
definitions are concerned. Indeed we have to maintain toolchain
neutrality in light of the fact that we work with a number of compiler
vendors, as well as GNU.
Just FYI, although the detailed specification of the MIPS DSP ASE is not
yet published, there is a short presentation which describes some of its
major features. See
http://www.mips.com/ProductCatalog/P_DSPASE/content/PressRoom/PressKits/files/dsp_presentation.pdf
page 11 onwards. Enjoy! ;-)
<http://www.mips.com/content/Products/Architecture/dspase/ProductCatalog/P_DSPASE/productBrief>
Nigel