Does gcc violate the ia64 ABI?

[Richard Henderson]

On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 06:45:22PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> Gcc can skip gp save/restore across a local call. Right now, gcc
> saves and restores gp across a local call.

Indeed, but it also tail-calls to non-local functions, so
gcc is going to have a compatibility problem if we change
the ABI.


r~