On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:36:18 -0400, Gerhard Postpischil wrote:
>>
>> Am I suppoused to return with a register other then r14
>
>You are expected to branch back using R14, or else issue SVC 3
>(less efficient, but imperative if you've lost R14), or branch
>to the SVC 3 call in the CVT. The documented return is via R14.
> 
Why "less efficient"?  Is it because R14 points to a PC entry which
may be more efficient than SVC?

But I agree with Shmuel (and you) because I've heard that some
(ISVs?) may front-end the entry and point R14 to imperative cleanup
code.  Don't throw away R14.

-- gil

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