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authorMatthew Fortune <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>2014-10-21 11:58:19 +0100
committerMatthew Fortune <matthew.fortune@imgtec.com>2014-10-22 10:48:02 +0100
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MIPS Documentation fixes
gas/ * doc/as.texinfo: Update the MIPS FP ABI descriptions. * doc/c-mips.texi: Spell check and correct throughout.
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@@ -7030,16 +7030,27 @@ The floating-point ABI used by this object file. The value will be:
@item
0 for files not affected by the floating-point ABI.
@item
-1 for files using the hardware floating-point with a standard double-precision
-FPU.
+1 for files using the hardware floating-point ABI with a standard
+double-precision FPU.
@item
2 for files using the hardware floating-point ABI with a single-precision FPU.
@item
3 for files using the software floating-point ABI.
@item
-4 for files using the hardware floating-point ABI with 64-bit wide
-double-precision floating-point registers and 32-bit wide general
-purpose registers.
+4 for files using the deprecated hardware floating-point ABI which used 64-bit
+floating-point registers, 32-bit general-purpose registers and increased the
+number of callee-saved floating-point registers.
+@item
+5 for files using the hardware floating-point ABI with a double-precision FPU
+with either 32-bit or 64-bit floating-point registers and 32-bit
+general-purpose registers.
+@item
+6 for files using the hardware floating-point ABI with 64-bit floating-point
+registers and 32-bit general-purpose registers.
+@item
+7 for files using the hardware floating-point ABI with 64-bit floating-point
+registers, 32-bit general-purpose registers and a rule that forbids the
+direct use of odd-numbered single-precision floating-point registers.
@end itemize
@end table