[U-Boot] [PATCH] powerpc: fix register usage in some inline assembly code

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Dec 15 08:21:26 CET 2010


Dear Timur Tabi,

In message <1292368731-3819-1-git-send-email-timur at freescale.com> you wrote:
> In some usages of inline assembly, hard-coded registers were specified when a
> scratch register should have been used instead.

Is this just a cosmetic improvement, or are you fixing any real bug?
If so, what exactly is the problem?


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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