ssnop for mips

mike stump mrs@windriver.com
Mon Jul 30 09:46:00 GMT 2001


> From: Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
> To: mike stump <mrs@windriver.com>
> Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com
> Date: 31 Jul 2001 09:45:02 +0100

> > When exactly should ssnop be valid?

> I think it should only be valid when it is explicitly described in
> the official documentation for the chip's ISA.  If it has a specific
> opcode etc.  Otherwise you'll just need to work around it like you
> have been.

Ok.  Since it wasn't in the ISAs before mips32, I'll take the above to
mean that status quo is what we want.  I won't install the patch in
question then.

Thanks for your time.



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