On 09/10/2012 05:29 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > I do wonder however why we have these instructions to save/restore $25 > in SAVE_SOME/RESTORE_SOME. This dates back to 2.4 at the very least. > Ralf, any insights? Hi, guys. Maybe the fact that it's used for dispatching PIC calls has something to do with it? /K.