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authorThomas Chou <thomas@wytron.com.tw>2010-05-21 11:08:03 +0800
committerScott McNutt <smcnutt@psyent.com>2010-05-28 10:56:03 -0400
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nios2: fix r15 issue for gcc4
The "-ffixed-r15" option doesn't work well for gcc4. Since we don't use gp for small data with option "-G0", we can use gp as global data pointer. This allows compiler to use r15. It is necessary for gcc4 to work properly. Signed-off-by: Thomas Chou <thomas@wytron.com.tw> Signed-off-by: Scott McNutt <smcnutt@psyent.com>
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@@ -4023,6 +4023,14 @@ On ARM, the following registers are used:
==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
+On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
+ http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
+
+ ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
+
+ Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
+ to access small data sections, so gp is free.
+
NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.