>>> On another note, we're experimenting, for various reasons, with >>> -fPIC mode on v3, so as to support execute-in-place. I have a >>> question I would like to toss at some willing experimenters. If >>> anyone is interested I will ask in this forum. Let me know. >> >> This makes sense too. What are the drawbacks? :) > > One of four registers gets permanently reserved.
Two of eight instead of one of eight, or three of eight instead of two of eight when you have a frame pointer (but you shouldn't, it doesn't help anything). > The code gets bigger and about 10% slower. Yes. Segher -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
