[patch] change to MIPS 4650 instruction support
Eric Christopher
echristo@redhat.com
Fri Mar 16 14:06:00 GMT 2001
"Chris G. Demetriou" wrote:
>
> Really, in the long run, I think OPCODE_IS_MEMBER should take one,
> maybe two masks:
>
> (1) ISA
> (2) set of CPU-related extensions to enable
>
> (plus the 'gp32' flag if that's _really_ necessary...) adding random
> flags isn't the way to go, and adding essentially a cpu-specific flag
> to mips_set_options is definitely not.
>
> If you're trying to support a new CPU type, it seems obvious how to do
> that without rewriting a bunch of code.
>
Also not being in a position to approve or reject I agree. I'm adding
new cpu types currently (and fixing up some for contribution) and it is
quite easy without rewriting.
Anyhow, my 2 cents.
-eric
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