Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
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> I use a toolchain based on binutils 2.12.90.0.1 and
> gcc 2.95.4-debian.
>
> To use that instructions I have to pass -march=vr4100
> to the assembler. Unfortunately, -march and -mcpu cannot
> be used together, so first I changed arch/mips/Makefile
> from
> GCCFLAGS += -mcpu=r4600 -mips2 -Wa,--trap
If this gcc already supports vr4100 you could use
GCCFLAGS += -mcpu=vr4100 -mips2 -Wa,--trap
> to
> GCCFLAGS += -Wa,-march=vr4100 -mips2 -Wa,--trap
>
> This works, but I am unshure what the effects of the
> missing -mcpu switch are wrt the code generated by gcc.
> AFAICS the kernel still works, but is the generated
> code slower or subtly incorrect?
I don't know what the compiler does then. I assume it defaults to
r3000 scheduling/opcodes.
The assembler will emit vr4100 code scheduled for vr4100. If you still
want r4600 scheduling (I doubt so), you could add
-Wa,-mtune=r4600
to the GCCFLAGS line.
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> So I think I need either:
> - make gas accept -march=vr4100 along with -mcpu=r4600 (or -mcpu=r4100?)
-mcpu is deprecated and remains for backward compatibility to gcc < 3.0.
it should be replaced by -march/-mtune.
> - or have a ".set vr4100" directive to enable the vr41xx specific
> instructions where needed, without changing the flags in the
> ELF header
I would suggest the syntax
.set march=vr4100
This is in my TODO list for gas, but don't hold your breath.
> - or make the linker link modules with different (but compatible) e_flags
> - or is "GCCFLAGS += -Wa,-march=vr4100 -mips2 -Wa,--trap" perfect?
>
>
> Please, does anybody have suggestions how to solve this issue?
The real fix is to use a newer compiler (gcc >= 3). :-)
Thiemo
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