still no accelerated X ($#!$*)

[Kevin Hendricks]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

> Why does each application/library define its own, incorrect
> definition of byte-reversed instructions?  Doesn't some Linux/PPC header
> file define this once in a awy that could be imported by others?

I could not find one.  I will look again.

> 	One cannot use "r" as a constraint for a base address, that is
> what the GCC PowerPC port defines "b" for.  The load/store instruction
> patterns in the GCC PowerPC machine description file use a different
> constraint letter for the base address, and anyone writing inlined
> assembly -- especially loads and stores -- should browse the GCC machine
> description.

Thanks I will as soon as I find it ;-).  But the assembler generated was exactly
the same in my simple test case.  Is this just luck?

Thanks,

Kevin

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