Re: Magic numbers about stack layout

[Atsushi Nemoto <nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>]

>>>>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:46:01 +0200 (MET DST), Hartvig Ekner 
>>>>> <hartvige@mips.com> said:
hartvige> what is the purpose of replacing the magic numbers with code
hartvige> analysis?

The magic numbers are affected by frame size of some kernel functions
such as schedule(), sleep_on(), etc.  These values may change for
various reason (code modification, new compiler, more optimize, ...).

hartvige> And what will happen when you run userland with MIPS16 or
hartvige> MIPS16e code?

Nothing.  The targets of this analysis are only kernel functions.

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Atsushi Nemoto