In message <v0422081db50e7eb57a5d@[10.66.51.205]> Erik Fair writes:
: Can't the GNU MIPS assembler (or whatever) be trusted?

It can be trusted, but it doesn't know about the hazards associated
with the m?c0 that some hunks of silicon have.  So, it will happily
optimize out the nops that you put after the mfc0 before accessing
data.  That's an excellent time to use .noreorder.

At least that used to be the case.  I'm not sure if is still the case
or not.

Warner