MIPS JAL/JALR to BAL transformation for Linux (o32 ABI)

Adam Nemet anemet@caviumnetworks.com
Mon Aug 3 18:46:00 GMT 2009


>   The transformation checks two things: JAL and JALR, to convert them to BAL.

Oh I see.  I was talking about the relaxation code where we do JALR->BAL or
JR->B; I didn't know about this other place.  Thanks for clarifying.

> Maybe we can split the predicate to two: JAL_TO_BAL_P and JALR_TO_BAL_P.
> Then, you can disable JAL_TO_BAL_P for Octeon.

Yes that would work, thanks.

Adam



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