[PATCH]: R10000 Needs LL/SC Workaround in Gcc

[Ralf Baechle]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 02:14:02AM -0500, Kumba wrote:

>> Agreed, but that's just as true of option 1.  Each option is as correct
>> as the other.  It's just a question of whether we need the combination:
>>
>>   -mips1 -mllsc -mfix-r10000
>>
>> to be accepted, or whether we can treat it as a compile-time error.
>
> Hmm, which do you think makes sense?  From a usage perspective, most 

It's a crude way of asking for a generic MIPS binary that runs on anything
but works best on MIPS II+.

Makes me wonder if there is a point in having a single gcc option, something
like -march=generic which selects something like this, including all
workarounds?

  Ralf