Painful problems with -fpic implementation on powerpc-sysv

[Rask Ingemann Lambertsen]

Den 27-Aug-98 04:01:03 skrev Jeffrey A Law følgende om "Re: Painful problems with -fpic implementation on powerpc-sysv ":
> It says:

>   Register r2 is reserved for system use and should not be changed by
>   application code.

> I don't know if that gives us the leeway we need to claim it.

   I asked a PowerPC kernel developer, and his understanding is that r2 is
reserved for the OS, not for the compiler.

Regards,

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