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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:56:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060202165656.GC17352@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64N.0602021636380.11727@blysk.ds.pg.gda.pl>

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 04:38:37PM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:38:37 +0000 (GMT)
> From:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
> To:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
> Cc:	linux-mips@linux-mips.org, ralf@linux-mips.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> 
> On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> 
> > Workaround: mask EXL bit of the result or place a nop before mfc0.
> [...]
> > @@ -55,8 +56,13 @@ __asm__ (
> >  	"	di							\n"
> >  #else
> >  	"	mfc0	$1,$12						\n"
> > +#if TX49XX_MFC0_WAR && defined(MODULE)
> > +	"	ori	$1,3						\n"
> > +	"	xori	$1,3						\n"
> > +#else
> >  	"	ori	$1,1						\n"
> >  	"	xori	$1,1						\n"
> > +#endif
> >  	"	.set	noreorder					\n"
> >  	"	mtc0	$1,$12						\n"
> >  #endif
> 
>  Hmm, wouldn't that "nop" alternative be simpler?

Simpler maybe - but this variant has zero runtime overhead.

  Ralf

  reply	other threads:[~2006-02-02 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-02 16:34 [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 16:38 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2006-02-02 16:56   ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2006-02-02 17:04     ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 17:21       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 17:24       ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  2:10         ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-03 10:17           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2006-02-03 14:44           ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-06  9:36             ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-06 23:22               ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  2:26     ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-03  2:50       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 16:46 ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-02 18:46 ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-02 22:11   ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  1:17   ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-03  2:12     ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-03  2:22       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-07 15:32         ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-07 15:32           ` Sergei Shtylylov

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