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Re: Minor tweaks to the MIPS documentation
- From: Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford at googlemail dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:04:05 +0100
- Subject: Re: Minor tweaks to the MIPS documentation
- References: <87a9mi5d8l dot fsf at talisman dot default>
Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@googlemail.com> writes:
> - Consistently use "MIPS" rather than "@sc{mips}". "@sc{mips}" looks strange
> in the PDF output and "MIPS" was already the prevalent form. Also,
> "@sc{mips}" doesn't really look right alongside "microMIPS".
>
> - Similarly replace "@sc{r}" with "R" in processor names. In the PDF output,
> the "R" from "@sc{r}" was significantly smaller than the number.
...and ISA too.
Richard
gas/
* doc/c-mips.texi: Use ISA instead of @sc{isa}.
Index: gas/doc/c-mips.texi
===================================================================
--- gas/doc/c-mips.texi 2013-06-26 08:04:02.270942638 +0100
+++ gas/doc/c-mips.texi 2013-06-26 09:00:51.006692642 +0100
@@ -631,10 +631,10 @@ the MIPS Instruction Set Architecture le
mips@var{n}}. @var{n} should be a number from 0 to 5, or 32, 32r2, 64
or 64r2.
The values other than 0 make the assembler accept instructions
-for the corresponding @sc{isa} level, from that point on in the
+for the corresponding ISA level, from that point on in the
assembly. @code{.set mips@var{n}} affects not only which instructions
are permitted, but also how certain macros are expanded. @code{.set
-mips0} restores the @sc{isa} level to its original level: either the
+mips0} restores the ISA level to its original level: either the
level you selected with command line options, or the default for your
configuration. You can use this feature to permit specific @sc{mips3}
instructions while assembling in 32 bit mode. Use this directive with
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ instructions from being accepted.
@kindex @code{.set nosmartmips}
The directive @code{.set smartmips} makes the assembler accept
instructions from the SmartMIPS Application Specific Extension to the
-MIPS32 @sc{isa} from that point on in the assembly. The
+MIPS32 ISA from that point on in the assembly. The
@code{.set nosmartmips} directive prevents SmartMIPS instructions from
being accepted.