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Re: _UC_MACHINE_BP



On 02/09/18 02:47, Christos Zoulas wrote:
In article <p5g2an$qui$1%blaine.gmane.org@localhost>,
Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost> wrote:
Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:

I propose to add a definition of _UC_MACHINE_BP() across the ports in
/usr/include/*/mcontext.h.

BP stands for Base Pointer / Frame Pointer.
Please, s/BP/FP/.  "Frame pointer" is an esablished name and several
assemblers use "fp" as a register name/alias (e.g. vax, sparc); "base
pointer" it too vague; clashes with "breakpoint".
Yes, FP is better alhough it clashes with Floating Point :-)

It does?

_REG_FP is defined by at least arm and vax.

Nick


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