On Thu Mar 23, 2023 at 10:36 PM AEST, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 20/03/2023 08.03, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> > +/* SPRs common denominator back to PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture */
> > +static const struct spr sprs_common[1024] = {
> > + [1] = {"XER", 64, RW, SPR_HARNESS, }, /* Compiler */
> > + [8] = {"LR", 64, RW, SPR_HARNESS, }, /* Compiler, mfspr/mtspr */
> > + [9] = {"CTR", 64, RW, SPR_HARNESS, }, /* Compiler, mfspr/mtspr */
> > + [18] = {"DSISR", 32, OS_RW, SPR_INT, },
> > + [19] = {"DAR", 64, OS_RW, SPR_INT, },
> > + [26] = {"SRR0", 64, OS_RW, SPR_INT, },
> > + [27] = {"SRR1", 64, OS_RW, SPR_INT, },
> > +[268] = {"TB", 64, RO , SPR_ASYNC, },
> > +[269] = {"TBU", 32, RO, SPR_ASYNC, },
> > +[272] = {"SPRG0", 64, OS_RW, SPR_HARNESS, }, /* Int stack */
> > +[273] = {"SPRG1", 64, OS_RW, SPR_HARNESS, }, /* Scratch */
> > +[274] = {"SPRG2", 64, OS_RW, },
> > +[275] = {"SPRG3", 64, OS_RW, },
> > +[287] = {"PVR", 32, OS_RO, },
> > +};
>
> Using a size of 1024 for each of these arrays looks weird. Why don't you add
> a "nr" field to struct spr and specify the register number via that field
> instead of using the index into the array as register number?
Oh I meant to reply to this. I did try it that way at first. When it
came manipulating the arrays like merging them or adding and
subtracing some SPRs, it required a bit of code to search, sort, add,
remove, etc. This way takes almost nothing. It is a dumb data structure
but it works okay here.
Thanks,
Nick
