[PATCH] SPARC: Clarify -mapp-regs option
Eric Botcazou
ebotcazou@adacore.com
Sat Mar 15 22:02:00 GMT 2014
> gcc/ChangeLog
> 2014-03-08 Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
>
> * doc/invoke.texi (mapp-regs): Clarify.
OK modulo:
> diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> index 2ee091a..12b43fa 100644
> --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
> @@ -20818,7 +20818,8 @@ These @samp{-m} options are supported on the SPARC:
> @opindex mapp-regs
> Specify @option{-mapp-regs} to generate output using the global registers
> 2 through 4, which the SPARC SVR4 ABI reserves for applications. This
> -is the default.
> +is the default. Like the global register 1 the global registers 2 through4
> +are used as volatile registers (may be destroyed across a function
> call).
I personally don't like the "volatile" wording much, please reuse the wording
of the -fcall-used-REG option.
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Eric Botcazou
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