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Re: a couple of gas MIPS ABI issues.
Eric M. Christopher wrote:
> Here's how I think this code should work:
>
> 1) Keep the same abi as was used previously
> 2) Allow access to register size of new ISA level.
That's a contradiction. Allowing different register sizes will
break ABI conformance. IMHO .set mipsN should simply remove
all restrictions which aren't ISA inherent. The ABI is one of
these.
Thiemo