Small gas patch for reading alternate forms of MIPS coprocessor register names

cgd@broadcom.com cgd@broadcom.com
Tue Apr 30 15:23:00 GMT 2002


At Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:51:33 -0700 (PDT), Matt Hiller wrote:
> There are WR_C0, RD_C2, etc. flags that can be part of an instruction's
> pinfo, but they all define to the same value, INSN_COP.

Oh, gack, I didn't notice that.  *sigh*


> And there don't
> seem to be any spare pinfo bits to play with... phooey.

I had noticed _that_ before, though.  8-)


> Should I just
> check INSN_COP at first, then peek at the insn directly to determine which
> coprocessor its looking at?

Oi.  That's kinda gross, but may be the "best" that can be done
currently.


Eric?  What are your thoughts on this?



cgd



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