[LLVMdev] Sparc assembly syntax

[Dale Johannesen]

On Jul 31, 2008, at 4:52 AMPDT, Richard Pennington wrote:

> Any code that I generate for the Sparc fails at assembly time using a
> gas assembler built for the Sparc.
>
> I get code like the following from the code generator:
>
>         save -96, %o6, %o6
>
> and get a syntax error on the save instruction.
>
> I think sparc syntax should be:
>
> main:
>         save %o6, -96, %o6
>
> Is that correct? Should I file a bug report?

         save %o6, -96, %o6

is the usual syntax for Sparc assemblers.  But this instruction is so  
fundamental nothing could ever have worked if it's broken, so there  
may be something deeper going on.