Possible regression in arm/io.h

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Oct 24 09:09:57 EDT 2012


On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 01:34:18PM +0100, Bastian Hecht wrote:
> 2012/10/24 Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>:
> > It sounds like we need to:
> >
> >         (a) Understand what has changed in GCC to cause this error to start
> >             cropping up.
> >
> >         (b) Have a look at the impact of using only "Q" on the generated
> >             code (especially register usage for the address).
> >
> 
> Uff... I've just started to write ARM assembly and have no practical
> experience with the inner workings of real world compilers. So this
> time I'm afraid I was just good enough to report this. It sounds
> interesting to hunt it, but would take ages for me at this point.

Ok, I'll have a look at the impact of moving exclusively to "Q" when I get a
chance. Which toolchain are you using?

Will



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