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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h74
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
index 19205f5cbaca..f6f67db212a7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h
@@ -490,40 +490,46 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_601)
#define cr7 7
-/* General Purpose Registers (GPRs) */
-
-#define r0 0
-#define r1 1
-#define r2 2
-#define r3 3
-#define r4 4
-#define r5 5
-#define r6 6
-#define r7 7
-#define r8 8
-#define r9 9
-#define r10 10
-#define r11 11
-#define r12 12
-#define r13 13
-#define r14 14
-#define r15 15
-#define r16 16
-#define r17 17
-#define r18 18
-#define r19 19
-#define r20 20
-#define r21 21
-#define r22 22
-#define r23 23
-#define r24 24
-#define r25 25
-#define r26 26
-#define r27 27
-#define r28 28
-#define r29 29
-#define r30 30
-#define r31 31
+/*
+ * General Purpose Registers (GPRs)
+ *
+ * The lower case r0-r31 should be used in preference to the upper
+ * case R0-R31 as they provide more error checking in the assembler.
+ * Use R0-31 only when really nessesary.
+ */
+
+#define r0 %r0
+#define r1 %r1
+#define r2 %r2
+#define r3 %r3
+#define r4 %r4
+#define r5 %r5
+#define r6 %r6
+#define r7 %r7
+#define r8 %r8
+#define r9 %r9
+#define r10 %r10
+#define r11 %r11
+#define r12 %r12
+#define r13 %r13
+#define r14 %r14
+#define r15 %r15
+#define r16 %r16
+#define r17 %r17
+#define r18 %r18
+#define r19 %r19
+#define r20 %r20
+#define r21 %r21
+#define r22 %r22
+#define r23 %r23
+#define r24 %r24
+#define r25 %r25
+#define r26 %r26
+#define r27 %r27
+#define r28 %r28
+#define r29 %r29
+#define r30 %r30
+#define r31 %r31
/* Floating Point Registers (FPRs) */