The "-ffixed-r15" option doesn't work well for gcc4. Since we
don't use gp for small data with option "-G0", we can use gp
as global data pointer. This allows compiler to use r15. It
is necessary for gcc4 to work properly.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Chou <tho...@wytron.com.tw>
---
 arch/nios2/config.mk                 |    2 +-
 arch/nios2/cpu/start.S               |    7 -------
 arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/nios2/config.mk b/arch/nios2/config.mk
index 8e5d6ef..6789038 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/config.mk
+++ b/arch/nios2/config.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ CROSS_COMPILE ?= nios2-elf-
 STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR = 0x02000000 -L $(gcclibdir)
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_NIOS2 -D__NIOS2__
-PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -ffixed-r15 -G0
+PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -G0
 
 LDSCRIPT ?= $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/u-boot.lds
diff --git a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
index d1016ea..76d3b52 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/nios2/cpu/start.S
@@ -113,13 +113,6 @@ _cur:      movhi   r5, %hi(_cur - _start)
         bne    r5, r6, 4b
 5:
 
-       /* GLOBAL POINTER -- the global pointer is used to reference
-        * "small data" (see -G switch). The linker script must
-        * provide the gp address.
-        */
-        movhi  gp, %hi(_gp)
-        ori    gp, gp, %lo(_gp)
-
        /* JUMP TO RELOC ADDR */
        movhi   r4, %hi(_reloc)
        ori     r4, r4, %lo(_reloc)
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h 
b/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h
index 34aa962..f1b3482 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ typedef       struct  global_data {
 #define        GD_FLG_LOGINIT  0x00020         /* Log Buffer has been 
initialized      */
 #define GD_FLG_DISABLE_CONSOLE 0x00040         /* Disable console (in & out)   
 */
 
-#define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR     register gd_t *gd asm ("r15")
+#define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR     register gd_t *gd asm ("gp")
 
 #endif /* __ASM_NIOS2_GLOBALDATA_H_ */
-- 
1.5.5.6

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