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Commit: RX: Recode 7 byte NOP instruction


Hi Guys,

  I am checking in the patch below to change the 7 byte NOP opcode for
  the RX port.  Using a MAX instruction is better than a BRA, as the
  branch might incur additional delays.

Cheers
  Nick

gas/ChangeLog
2015-09-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* config/tc-rx.c (nop_7): Recode using MAX.

diff --git a/gas/config/tc-rx.c b/gas/config/tc-rx.c
index e70295d..4345d58 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-rx.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-rx.c
@@ -1263,8 +1263,8 @@ static unsigned char nop_4[] = { 0x76, 0x10, 0x01, 0x00 };
 static unsigned char nop_5[] = { 0x77, 0x10, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00 };
 				/* MUL #1,R0 - 1 cycle */
 static unsigned char nop_6[] = { 0x74, 0x10, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
-				/* BRA.S .+7 - 1 cycle */
-static unsigned char nop_7[] = { 0x0F, 0x03, 0x03, 0x03, 0x03, 0x03, 0x03 };
+				/* MAX 0x80000000,R0 - 1 cycle */
+static unsigned char nop_7[] = { 0xFD, 0x70, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80 };
 
 static unsigned char *nops[] = { NULL, nop_1, nop_2, nop_3, nop_4, nop_5, nop_6, nop_7 };
 #define BIGGEST_NOP 7


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