fx_plt

Bob Wilson bwilson@tensilica.com
Thu Feb 1 18:21:00 GMT 2007


Alan Modra wrote:
> This patch removes the fx_plt field of struct fix.  The only backends
> that really made use of it were ia64 and xtensa, and both are easily
> weaned.  Howver, I left xtensa using one of the struct fix bitfields
> since it seems like the port then wouldn't need TC_FIX_TYPE.

Well, the Xtensa port already uses TC_FIX_TYPE but that doesn't really matter.

I have to admit that I wasn't even aware that the fx_plt flag existed, and its 
use in the Xtensa port goes back more than a few years.  I'll investigate and 
see if I can fix it up even further.

Thanks Alan.

--Bob



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