[PATCH][MIPS] Add aliases for sync instruction used by Octeon CPU

[Daniel Sanders]

Ok then, we'll add it when we see it added to gas. Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Nacke [mailto:kai.nacke at redstar.de]
> Sent: 10 September 2014 07:22
> To: Daniel Sanders; llvm-commits
> Subject: Re: [PATCH][MIPS] Add aliases for sync instruction used by Octeon
> CPU
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> I checked binutils 2.24 and these instructions are indeed not in
> upstream gas. They are in latest Cavium SDK (version 3.1).
> I think we should not add them as long as they are not available
> upstream, too.
> 
> Committed as r217477 without syncio/syncioall.
> 
> Regards,
> Kai
> 
> On 09.09.2014 11:55, Daniel Sanders wrote:
> > The patch LGTM but I'm not sure we should add syncio and syncioall. They
> don't seem to be in the upstream gas and I found this when I tried searching
> for them:
> > 	SYNCIO and SYNCIOALL opcodes were removed from the assembler.
> These were experimental Octeon-specific instructions that are not
> supported by any Octeon processors.
> > 	- https://github.com/zerix/Cavium-SDK-2.0/blob/master/release-
> notes.txt
> > I'm thinking that we shouldn't add them if they've already been removed
> from the Cavium SDK and never made it upstream. What's your opinion?
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kai Nacke [mailto:kai.nacke at redstar.de]
> >> Sent: 08 September 2014 06:31
> >> To: Daniel Sanders; llvm-commits
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH][MIPS] Add aliases for sync instruction used by
> Octeon
> >> CPU
> >>
> >> Ping.
> >>
> >> While checking the Octeon SDK I noticed that gas supports 2 additional
> >> aliases: syncio and syncioall. I also added them.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Kai
> >>
> >> On 02.09.2014 19:05, Kai Nacke wrote:
> >>> Hi Daniel,
> >>>
> >>> the attached patch adds aliases for the sync instruction (synciobdma,
> >>> syncs, syncw, syncws) which are used by the Octeon CPU.
> >>>
> >>> Please review.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Kai
> >>>
> >>>
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