Initial stack frame

[Kenneth Johansson]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>
> In message <4.3.2.20010130074919.00bb0a80 at falcon.si.com>
> Jerry Van Baren wrote:
> >
> > One of the differences between the ABI and EABI is that the EABI
> > requires 8 byte alignment of the stack and the ABI requires 16 byte
> > alignment (EABI, p.28).
>
> Yes, ok. But what is implemented by GCC and glibc? The SVR4 ABI or
> the EABI?
>
> In other words: Wolfgang Grandegger wants to know if  we  must  align
> "private" stack frames on 8 or 16 byte boundaries...
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>

linux implements SVR4 with exceptions that we don't return small(8 or less
bytes) structs in r3,r4 as the standard say we should. Could be more things I
have not noticed we are anyway closer to SVR4 than EABI.


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