Add a comment about mftb vs. mfspr on PPC.

Thanks to Alex Rosenberg for the suggestion.

llvm-svn: 161428
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Hal Finkel 2012-08-07 17:04:20 +00:00
parent fa8f91a368
commit aa174abb14

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@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ let Pattern = [(set G8RC:$rT, readcyclecounter)] in
def MFTB8 : XFXForm_1_ext<31, 339, 268, (outs G8RC:$rT), (ins),
"mfspr $rT, 268", SprMFTB>,
PPC970_DGroup_First, PPC970_Unit_FXU;
// Note that encoding mftb using mfspr is now the preferred form,
// and has been since at least ISA v2.03. The mftb instruction has
// now been phased out. Using mfspr, however, is known not to work on
// the POWER3.
let Defs = [X1], Uses = [X1] in
def DYNALLOC8 : Pseudo<(outs G8RC:$result), (ins G8RC:$negsize, memri:$fpsi),"",