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Re: [PATCH] Bug 20936 - provide sparc and sparcv9 target description XML files


(I know I'm quite behind this thread.)

On 01/06/2017 03:12 PM, Ivo Raisr wrote:
> 
> ChangeLog entry:
> 2017-01-06  Ivo Raisr  <ivo.raisr@oracle.com>
> 
> 	Split real and pseudo registers in preparation for registers provided
> 	by a target. Registers provided by target description can have more real
> 	registers and pseudo registers need to be positioned after them.

I don't quite understand this rationale, and I'm wondering if there's
a misunderstanding of register numbering somewhere (maybe mine!).

What exactly would go wrong if you just added the new registers
between the existing raw and pseudo registers?  Other ports do
that routinely.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves


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