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authorFredrik Noring <noring@nocrew.org>2018-11-30 18:32:36 +0000
committerMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>2018-11-30 18:32:36 +0000
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GAS/MIPS: Add `-mfix-r5900' option for the R5900 short loop erratum
`-march=r5900' already enables the R5900 short loop workaround. However, the R5900 ISA and most other MIPS ISAs are mutually exclusive since R5900-specific instructions are generated as well. The `-mfix-r5900' option can be used in combination with e.g. `-mips2' or `-mips3' to generate generic MIPS binaries that also work with the R5900 target. This change has been tested with `make RUNTESTFLAGS=mips.exp check-gas' for the targets `mipsr5900el-unknown-linux-gnu', `mipsr5900el-elf' and `mips3-unknown-linux-gnu'. gas/ * config/tc-mips.c (mips_fix_r5900, mips_fix_r5900_explicit): New variables. (options): Add OPTION_FIX_R5900 and OPTION_NO_FIX_R5900 enumeration constants. (md_longopts): Add "mfix-r5900" and "mno-fix-r5900" options. (can_swap_branch_p, md_parse_option, mips_after_parse_args): Handle the new options. (md_show_usage): Document the `-mfix-r5900' option. * doc/as.texi: Likewise. * doc/c-mips.texi: Likewise. * testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp: Run R5900 dump tests. * testsuite/gas/mips/r5900-fix.d: Test `-mfix-r5900' option. * testsuite/gas/mips/r5900-fix.s: Likewise. * testsuite/gas/mips/r5900-no-fix.d: Test `-mno-fix-r5900'. * testsuite/gas/mips/r5900-no-fix.s: Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'gas/doc')
-rw-r--r--gas/doc/as.texi9
-rw-r--r--gas/doc/c-mips.texi8
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texi b/gas/doc/as.texi
index acecd35..1e00e78 100644
--- a/gas/doc/as.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/as.texi
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ gcc(1), ld(1), and the Info entries for @file{binutils} and @file{ld}.
[@b{-mfix-rm7000}] [@b{-mno-fix-rm7000}]
[@b{-mfix-vr4120}] [@b{-mno-fix-vr4120}]
[@b{-mfix-vr4130}] [@b{-mno-fix-vr4130}]
+ [@b{-mfix-r5900}] [@b{-mno-fix-r5900}]
[@b{-mdebug}] [@b{-no-mdebug}]
[@b{-mpdr}] [@b{-mno-pdr}]
@end ifset
@@ -1444,6 +1445,14 @@ of an mfhi or mflo instruction occurs in the following two instructions.
Cause nops to be inserted if a dmult or dmultu instruction is
followed by a load instruction.
+@item -mfix-r5900
+@itemx -mno-fix-r5900
+Do not attempt to schedule the preceding instruction into the delay slot
+of a branch instruction placed at the end of a short loop of six
+instructions or fewer and always schedule a @code{nop} instruction there
+instead. The short loop bug under certain conditions causes loops to
+execute only once or twice, due to a hardware bug in the R5900 chip.
+
@item -mdebug
@itemx -no-mdebug
Cause stabs-style debugging output to go into an ECOFF-style .mdebug
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-mips.texi b/gas/doc/c-mips.texi
index 7751ce0..76dfb10 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-mips.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-mips.texi
@@ -327,6 +327,14 @@ Insert nops to work around the 24K @samp{eret}/@samp{deret} errata.
Replace @code{pref} hints 0 - 4 and 6 - 24 with hint 28 to work around
certain CN63XXP1 errata.
+@item -mfix-r5900
+@itemx -mno-fix-r5900
+Do not attempt to schedule the preceding instruction into the delay slot
+of a branch instruction placed at the end of a short loop of six
+instructions or fewer and always schedule a @code{nop} instruction there
+instead. The short loop bug under certain conditions causes loops to
+execute only once or twice, due to a hardware bug in the R5900 chip.
+
@item -m4010
@itemx -no-m4010
Generate code for the LSI R4010 chip. This tells the assembler to