Thread (51 messages) 51 messages, 6 authors, 2021-09-24

Re: [PATCH V3 01/22] Documentation: LoongArch: Add basic documentations

From: Huacai Chen <hidden>
Date: 2021-09-24 04:08:31
Also in: linux-arch, lkml

Hi, Pavel,

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 4:37 AM Pavel Machek [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi!
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Add some basic documentations for LoongArch. LoongArch is a new RISC
... documentation ...
OK, thanks.
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+wide in LA64. $r0 is always zero, and other registers has no special feature,
...have no special features...
OK, thanks.
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+but we actually have an ABI register conversion as below.
convention?
Yes, should be convention here.
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+``$r21``          ``$x``          Reserved            Unused
+``$r22``          ``$fp``         Frame pointer       Yes
+``$r23``-``$r31`` ``$s0``-``$s8`` Static registers    Yes
+================= =============== =================== ============
Not sure I know the term 'static registers' before.
"Static register" comes from the MIPS code "SAVE_STATIC", maybe it is
called "Saved register" in other places, but I think "static register"
is also OK.

Huacai
                                                                Pavel
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