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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Retrieval of TLS pointer via RDHWR
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2010/12/9 Jayachandran C. <jchandra@freebsd.org>:
> I'm not sure that the freebsd mips toolchain supports the __thread
> directive yet. =C2=A0Were you able to test this from C?

Yes, but not via __thread.  I wrote a small program that sets
the TLS pointer to an arbitrary value (via MIPS_SET_TLS),
then issued rdhwr instruction using C inline assembly, and
finally verified that both values are the same.

(the toolchain I'm using doesn't support __thread either,
but I submit this patch with the expectation that it can be
useful later on)

--=20
Robert Millan