mips $12-$15 are named $t4-$t7

Alexandre Oliva aoliva@redhat.com
Tue Apr 8 02:41:00 GMT 2003


On Apr  7, 2003, Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

> Have you cross-checked this with the SGI toolchain?

Nope, I just believed the MIPSpro N32 Handbook:

Table 2-1      N32 and Native 64-Bit Interface Register Conventions
$12..$15          t4..t7           Temporaries             Caller-saved

I find it would be a really bad idea to give the same name to
different registers depending on the ABI.

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