[PATCH 5/18] powerpc: convert to %r for all GPR usage

Michael Neuling mikey at neuling.org
Tue Jun 26 09:33:12 EST 2012


Now all the fixes are in place, let's rock-n-roll!

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
---

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h |   72 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

Index: b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
===================================================================
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -490,40 +490,46 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_601)
 #define	cr7	7
 
 
-/* General Purpose Registers (GPRs) */
+/*
+ * General Purpose Registers (GPRs)
+ *
+ * The lower case r0-r31 should be used in preference to the upper
+ * case R0-R31 as they provide more error checking in the assembler.
+ * Use R0-31 only when really nessesary.
+ */
 
-#define	r0	0
-#define	r1	1
-#define	r2	2
-#define	r3	3
-#define	r4	4
-#define	r5	5
-#define	r6	6
-#define	r7	7
-#define	r8	8
-#define	r9	9
-#define	r10	10
-#define	r11	11
-#define	r12	12
-#define	r13	13
-#define	r14	14
-#define	r15	15
-#define	r16	16
-#define	r17	17
-#define	r18	18
-#define	r19	19
-#define	r20	20
-#define	r21	21
-#define	r22	22
-#define	r23	23
-#define	r24	24
-#define	r25	25
-#define	r26	26
-#define	r27	27
-#define	r28	28
-#define	r29	29
-#define	r30	30
-#define	r31	31
+#define	r0	%r0
+#define	r1	%r1
+#define	r2	%r2
+#define	r3	%r3
+#define	r4	%r4
+#define	r5	%r5
+#define	r6	%r6
+#define	r7	%r7
+#define	r8	%r8
+#define	r9	%r9
+#define	r10	%r10
+#define	r11	%r11
+#define	r12	%r12
+#define	r13	%r13
+#define	r14	%r14
+#define	r15	%r15
+#define	r16	%r16
+#define	r17	%r17
+#define	r18	%r18
+#define	r19	%r19
+#define	r20	%r20
+#define	r21	%r21
+#define	r22	%r22
+#define	r23	%r23
+#define	r24	%r24
+#define	r25	%r25
+#define	r26	%r26
+#define	r27	%r27
+#define	r28	%r28
+#define	r29	%r29
+#define	r30	%r30
+#define	r31	%r31
 
 
 /* Floating Point Registers (FPRs) */


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