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Re: mips: free up bits in insn_isa_mask
- To: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
- Subject: Re: mips: free up bits in insn_isa_mask
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
- Date: 01 Aug 2001 13:28:20 +0100
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <20010801135604.Q27008@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
> > i'm adding support for another mips variant and we're running out of
> > bits. this will free up unused ones.
>
> There are eleven bits free in the upper half. Do you really need
> more than these? If yes, it might be the better for future
> expansion to separate the cpu specifics from the rest.
>
We've gotten a _lot_ of slightly different variants over the years. I'm
in the middle of cleaning up and contributing them. And yes, we'd
already filled the last slot. :)
Separating the cpu specifics from the rest would give us a few more bits
as well.
-eric
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