powerpc: Cleanup LOADADDR etc. asm macros
linas
linas at austin.ibm.com
Sat Jan 14 08:52:21 EST 2006
Hi,
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 02:56:25PM +1100, David Gibson was heard to remark:
>
> to make it more obvious which is the appropriate one to use in a given
> situation.
...
> + * LOAD_REG_ADDR(rn, name)
> + * Loads the address of label 'name' into register 'rn'. Use this when
...
> -#define SET_REG_TO_LABEL(reg, label) \
Mabe its just me, but I do find the name "set reg to label" to be more
intiuitive than "load reg addr". Something like "LOAD_ADDR_OF_LABEL"
would have been nearly ideal.
--linas
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