> > Thanks for the reply. It seems that -mcmodel=large is different from
> -mlong-calls.
> > GCC still emit the BL instruction with -mcmodel=large. I thinks GCC should
> emit BLR instruction with -mlong-calls, right?
>
>
> Oh right. Also it looks like it is not hooked up but the support is partly
> there:
> /* Return true if calls to DECL should be treated as
> long-calls (ie called via a register). */ static bool
> aarch64_decl_is_long_call_p
> (const_tree decl ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
> return false;
> }
>
> I had added the attribute in a version for this and the users of the
> toolchain has
> not reported a bug about it so it seems like it is working.
> I don't have time right now to add support for the option or port the
> attribute to
> the latest version but it should be easy as returning true from that function
> when
> the option is turned on.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew Pinski
>
Thanks Andrew.
I'm interested in this part and already have an initial patch for it.
I can handle this if you don't mind :-)
