[PATCH] MIPS/Linux: Update the number of pseudo registers too
Joel Brobecker
brobecker@adacore.com
Thu Dec 8 09:26:00 GMT 2011
> > > Similarly to the previous general MIPS change (pc_regnum and sp_regnum)
> > > the Linux backend needs to update the number of pseudo registers as it
> > > adds the "restart" register. No regressions in mips-linux-gnu testing
> > > (native and remote). OK to apply?
> >
> > I don't understand this one. Isn't the register added to the list of
> > normal registers, rather than pseudo registers?
>
> MIPS is a bit weird, since all register access is done via pseudo
> registers to deal with 32-bit vs. 64-bit issues (in particular,
> supporting a 32-bit ABI on 64-bit hardware).
Aha, thanks! So that would indeed mean that Maciej's patch should be
correct, right?
--
Joel
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