[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] ARM: use r9 for gd

Wolfgang Denk
2013-08-12T15:23:56Z

Dear Albert,

In message <20130812164406.5a6807e7@lilith> you wrote:
>
> > IIRC, r9 is used as GOT pointer ?
>
> No, it is not, well, not any more since GOT-based relocation was
> replaced by ELF relocation, which requires no reserved register.
>
> > In any case, please also update the README section of register usage
> > on ARM.

I see, thanks for the explanation - so this is one more item thatneeds
to be fixed in the README.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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