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RE: [PATCH] MIPS function attributes for interrupt handlers
- From: "Weddington, Eric" <eweddington at cso dot atmel dot com>
- To: "Mark Mitchell" <mark at codesourcery dot com>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <rdsandiford at googlemail dot com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:38:29 -0600
- Subject: RE: [PATCH] MIPS function attributes for interrupt handlers
- References: <48FCFDAB.604@codesourcery.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Mitchell [mailto:mark@codesourcery.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 3:53 PM
> To: Fu, Chao-Ying; gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org; Lau, David;
> rdsandiford@googlemail.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS function attributes for interrupt handlers
>
> Richard Sandiford wrote:
>
> > First of all, I really don't want to see the "naked"
> attribute spread
> > to new ports. I think it's generally considered to have
> been a mistake
> > on the ports that do support it.
>
> FWIW, I tend to agree.
The AVR port has a "naked" attribute available which, in rare circumstances, can still be useful. Probably because the AVR is an 8-bit micro, and can be very code constrained. This, of course, does not compare to something like the MIPS port.