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Date:      Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:39:12 -0600
From:      Stacey Son <sson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Warner Losh <wlosh@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mips@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [RFC] Enable use of UserLocal Register (ULRI) if detected (patches)
Message-ID:  <7FA7DFD1-B1F1-400A-9107-8D8450B309A2@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <092B0786-EA73-44D0-81FC-DFB56B14D4D7@bsdimp.com>
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On Feb 19, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Warner Losh <wlosh@bsdimp.com> wrote:

> +/* Register numbers */
> +#define	_V0	2
> +#define	_A1	5
> +#define	_T0	12
> +#define	_RA	31
>=20
> We already have defines for these registers elsewhere. Any reason why =
you chose not to use them? Also, is there any ABI difference to be =
worried about?

Hmm...  I missed these in sys/mips/include/regnum.h for some reason.  :)

> The rest looks generally good, apart from references to git versions =
that might be difficult to find in the future. Consider moving details =
inline instead.

That was really just a note to myself that I forgot to remove.

I have refreshed the patch with these changes:

http://people.freebsd.org/~sson/mips/ulri/ulri_kernel.diff


>> The final patch is for qemu system-mode that adds support for the =
ULRI:
>>=20
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~sson/mips/ulri/ulri_qemu.diff
>=20
> Can't say about these...

Qemu, like a lot of MIPS hardware it seems, doesn't support the ULRI.   =
The above is a just quick hack to qemu to add support as a 'FYI'.   I =
should maybe clean it up and submit it to the qemu development list.

-stacey.




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