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Re: Change x86 prefix order
- From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at xenotime dot net>
- To: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>, linux kernel <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>
- Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 08:43:17 -0800
- Subject: Re: Change x86 prefix order
- References: <20061206070014.GA535@lucon.org>
On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:00:14 -0800 H. J. Lu wrote:
> On x86, the order of prefix SEG_PREFIX, ADDR_PREFIX, DATA_PREFIX and
> LOCKREP_PREFIX isn't fixed. Currently, gas generates
>
> LOCKREP_PREFIX ADDR_PREFIX DATA_PREFIX SEG_PREFIX
>
> I will check in a patch:
>
> http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-12/msg00054.html
>
> tomorrow and change gas to generate
>
> SEG_PREFIX ADDR_PREFIX DATA_PREFIX LOCKREP_PREFIX
Hi,
Could you provide a "why" for this in addition to the
"what", please?
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~Randy