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authorNick Clifton <nickc@cygnus.com>2000-05-08 17:46:10 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@gcc.gnu.org>2000-05-08 17:46:10 +0000
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Fix comment describing ELIMINABLE_REGS
From-SVN: r33769
-rw-r--r--gcc/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--gcc/config/i386/i386.h9
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 42955c1..c7cc90b 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-05-08 Nick Clifton <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+ * config/i386/i386.h (ELIMINABLE_REGS): Fix comment.
+
2000-05-08 Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org>
* fixinc/mkfixinc.sh: fixinc.sco is no longer used
diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.h b/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
index 007255d..7dc6f9b 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
@@ -1465,10 +1465,11 @@ pop{l} %0" \
followed by "to". Eliminations of the same "from" register are listed
in order of preference.
- We have three registers that can be eliminated on the i386. First, the
- hard frame pointer register can often be eliminated in favor of the stack
- pointer register. Secondly, the argument and frame pointer register can
- always be eliminated; They are replaced with either the stack or frame pointer. */
+ There are two registers that can always be eliminated on the i386.
+ The frame pointer and the arg pointer can be replaced by either the
+ hard frame pointer or to the stack pointer, depending upon the
+ circumstances. The hard frame pointer is not used before reload and
+ so it is not eligible for elimination. */
#define ELIMINABLE_REGS \
{{ ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM}, \