SPARC BSP: Global Register usage

[Joel Sherrill]

Antonio da Silva Fariña wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I need to write some assembler routines in a RTEMS application
> and I wonder about RTEMS global register usage.
>
> Does RTEMS make a specific use of any Sparc Global Registers ?
>
It shouldn't beyond that defined by the ABI.

> In V8 ABI G1 register is defined as Scratch. This makes the register
> volatile across function calls. But, what about context switch ? Is
> G1 saved and later restored inside task context.
>
Depends on your perspective.  A voluntary task switch is essentially
a subroutine call and G1 does not have to be preserved.  

But a preemption from an ISR requires that all registers for the interrupted
thread be saved so it is preserved.

If you are using G1 in a subroutine as a scratch register, you are OK.
If you think it is going to always hold specific application data, you will
quickly be surprised.

--joel

> Thanks
>
> DaSilva.