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Re: Generating CPU family headers for multiple isas


Hi -

On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 12:40:52PM +1100, Ben Elliston wrote:
:    Hm, that reminds me.  Does it make much sense to have isa-specific
:    hardware?  [...]
: 
: I think it makes sense to do so, yes.
: [...] It makes just as much sense for the ARM isa to
: have a h-gr element as it does for Thumb.

But is this isa-specific *hardware*, or an isa-specific *operand*?
The thumb & arm modes of the chip share physical registers, n'est ce pas?

- FChE

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