Re: a couple of gas MIPS ABI issues.

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>]

Eric M. Christopher wrote:
> Here's how I think this code should work:
> 
> 1) Keep the same abi as was used previously
> 2) Allow access to register size of new ISA level.

That's a contradiction. Allowing different register sizes will
break ABI conformance. IMHO .set mipsN should simply remove
all restrictions which aren't ISA inherent. The ABI is one of
these.


Thiemo