News MIPS option -mno-shared
David Daney
ddaney@avtrex.com
Mon Feb 21 22:42:00 GMT 2005
Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> I'd like to see whether anybody has an opinion about this patch before
> I check it in.
>
> This patch adds a new option to the MIPS assembler: -mno-shared.
> Normally the .cpload pseudo-op generates code which looks like this:
>
> lui $gp,%hi(_gp_disp)
> addiu $gp,$gp,%lo(_gp_disp)
> addu $gp,$gp,.cpload argument
>
> With -mno-shared, the .cpload pseudo-op will generate code that looks
> like this:
>
> lui $gp,%hi(_gp)
> addiu $gp,$gp,%lo(_gp)
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> Does anybody want to comment on this patch before I check it in?
I like this, but just one belated nit...
as --help says nothing about the new option.
David Daney
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