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diff --git a/Documentation/parisc/registers b/Documentation/parisc/registers index dd3caddd1ad9..10c7d1730f5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/parisc/registers +++ b/Documentation/parisc/registers @@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ Shadow Registers used by interruption handler code TOC enable bit 1 ========================================================================= + +The PA-RISC architecture defines 7 registers as "shadow registers". +Those are used in RETURN FROM INTERRUPTION AND RESTORE instruction to reduce +the state save and restore time by eliminating the need for general register +(GR) saves and restores in interruption handlers. +Shadow registers are the GRs 1, 8, 9, 16, 17, 24, and 25. + +========================================================================= Register usage notes, originally from John Marvin, with some additional notes from Randolph Chung. |