Hello,
Paul Burton wrote:
> We currently have 2 commonly used methods for switching ISA within
> assembly code, then restoring the original ISA.
>
> 1) Using a pair of .set push & .set pop directives. For example:
>
> .set push
> .set mips32r2
> <some_insn>
> .set pop
>
> 2) Using .set mips0 to restore the ISA originally specified on the
> command line. For example:
>
> .set mips32r2
> <some_insn>
> .set mips0
>
> Unfortunately method 2 does not work with nanoMIPS toolchains, where the
> assembler rejects the .set mips0 directive like so:
>
> Error: cannot change ISA from nanoMIPS to mips0
>
> In preparation for supporting nanoMIPS builds, switch all instances of
> method 2 in generic non-platform-specific code to use push & pop as in
> method 1 instead. The .set push & .set pop is arguably cleaner anyway,
> and if nothing else it's good to consistently use one method.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>
Applied to mips-next.
Thanks,
Paul
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