Thanks!
and sorry for the spelling of simulator.
/Mikael
-----Original Message-----
From: Ralf Baechle [mailto:ralf@linux-mips.org]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 5:26 PM
To: Mikael Starvik
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: GCC 3.4.5 and mftc0
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:49:40AM +0100, Mikael Starvik wrote:
> mftc0() is implemented as
>
> .word ...
> move %0, $1
>
> With at least gcc 3.4.5 the move is implemented as an addu %0, $1, $0.
> But in the MIPS sumulator this fails and %0 gets the value 0xffffffff.
> Implementing this as a or %0, $1, $0 instead gives the expected result.
I wonder what "sumulator" you're using ...
Addu is a perfectly fine implementation of move for 32-bit code. It's not
for 64-bit code but that's beside the point here. The or method is also
correct but historically the add instruction has been prefered, also
because some processor - the R4300 afair - processes arithmetic instructions
(add, sub that is not mul / div) faster than logic operations.
> Any suggestions where the problem is and what the correct solution is?
Fix the sumulator.
> After fixing this my next problem is that IPIs doesn't reach all TCs
> correctly (it seams like the code doesn't detect IXMT status correctly,
> but I am still investigating). It is likely that it is caused by
> something similar to the problem above.
The code certainly works on real silicon, so the cause must be something
local to your environment.
Cheers,
Ralf
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