"PRC" <panruochen@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The assembly code produced by gcc is: > ----------------------------------------------- > 800650b0 <loadicon>: > 800650b0: 3c048006 lui a0,0x8006 > 800650b4: 0801964b j 8006592c <SetBufAddr> > 800650b8: 24846128 addiu a0,a0,24872 > 800650bc: 00000000 nop > ----------------------------------------------- > The `nop' instruction seems useless at all here. It's probably caused by requested alignment of the next function. Note that nop is just the value 0. To see whether gcc is actually generating the nop, use the --save-temps option when you compile, and look at the .s file. If you don't see the nop there, it's coming from something other than gcc. Ian
