On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Ralf Baechle wrote: > + beqz t7, 1f /* odd buffer alignment? */ > + lui v1, 0x00ff Well, .set reorder to move something from before the branch would have been a little bit better for the common aligned case. ;) There is nothing special about branch delay slots in the whole epilogue, so one from just before the return might simply be relocated here. Maciej