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Re: RFC -- update_equiv_regs and friends
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 02:36:08AM +0000, Joern Rennecke wrote:
> > 2) Change update_equiv_regs so it doesn't promote a REG_EQUAL note
> > to a REG_EQUIV if there's a register mentioned.
>
> Promoting REG_EQUAL to REG_EQUIV is an important optimization for some
> procesors for sums involving the stack pointer, the frame pointer,
> virtual_stack_var_rtx and the argument pointer.
I think he meant "pseudo register mentioned", which is what
Jeff had being talking about.
r~