4 Feb
2008
4 Feb
'08
8:14 p.m.
In message 20080204165640.GC19264@ld0162-tx32.am.freescale.net you wrote:
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 12:32:36AM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
So far, it is not clear to me what a better choice for a global register variable could be (i. e. which register we can chose for our purpose without causing the same or other problems.
r2 is generally used for this purpose.
Hm... R2 is documented to be the TOC pointer?
It seems we could use R15, but I hesitate a bit...
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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