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* Why does x86 binutils use REX_MODE64/REX_EXTX/REX_EXTY/REX_EXTZ?
@ 2007-03-21 19:38 H. J. Lu
  2007-03-21 21:20 ` PATCH: Replace REX_MODE64/REX_EXTX/REX_EXTY/REX_EXTZ with REX_W/REX_R/REX_X/REX_B H. J. Lu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: H. J. Lu @ 2007-03-21 19:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils

The hardware spec uses REX.W/REX.R/REX.X/REX.B. But x86 binutils uses
REX_MODE64/REX_EXTX/REX_EXTY/REX_EXTZ. I have to do a translation
when I read the code. I suggest we repleace them with
REX_W/REX_R/REX_X/REX_B. Dissassembler will print rexWRXB instead of
rex64XYZ.


H.J.

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2007-03-21 19:38 Why does x86 binutils use REX_MODE64/REX_EXTX/REX_EXTY/REX_EXTZ? H. J. Lu
2007-03-21 21:20 ` PATCH: Replace REX_MODE64/REX_EXTX/REX_EXTY/REX_EXTZ with REX_W/REX_R/REX_X/REX_B H. J. Lu
2007-03-22 19:35   ` PATCH: Replace rex64XYZ with rex.WRXB H. J. Lu
2007-03-23  7:50     ` Jan Beulich
2007-03-23 13:04       ` H. J. Lu
2007-03-23 13:45         ` H. J. Lu

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