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Subject: Re: Setting gp on pic code
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Alex Gonzalez wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to set the gp register on pic code as follows:
>
>"la gp,_gp"
>
>Disassembling the resulting code,
>
>"lw gp,0(gp)"
>  
>
Yes, this is normal... Use the following to set up the GP:
        //init GP
        lui     gp,%HI(_gp)
        ori     gp,%LO(_gp)