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RE: Enable 32-bit Alignment
- From: "Menezes, Evandro" <evandro dot menezes at amd dot com>
- To: "Alan Modra" <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, "Meissner, Michael" <michael dot meissner at amd dot com>, "Harle, Christophe" <christophe dot harle at amd dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:09:01 -0500
- Subject: RE: Enable 32-bit Alignment
- References: <1E52B51E700FAF42ADA0B9432F7CCCD24907E7@SAUSEXMB1.amd.com> <20070630034742.GC497@bubble.grove.modra.org>
Alan,
> In the current i386_align_code, see comment "Adjust jump
> offset" in block handling 16-bit mode. Now that larger nop
> sequences are allowed, I think you should similarly adjust a
> branch (if used) in 32-bit mode.
I wonder if it's really a must to do this for P5 and earlier processors...
Thoughts?
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