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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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Subject: Re: Static variables and "gp"
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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:07:28AM +0000, Gilad Benjamini wrote:

> How can I force a specific static variable to be used by the "gp" register
> rather than by a two-step load ?
> Compiling a mips-linux using gcc.

That feature doesn't work in gcc for userspace code ...

  Ralf