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Re: PATCH: Properly display opcode prefixes

From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:25:23 -0800
Subject: Re: PATCH: Properly display opcode prefixes
References: <20091113203415.GA8247@lucon.org> <20091116215003.GE26333@bubble.grove.modra.org>

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:34:15PM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> Also it doesn't enforce 15byte instruction length limit.
>
> Note that old x86 processors don't have this limit.
>

That could be the case. I think it is OK, given that the current
spec has such a limit.


-- 
H.J.

References:
- PATCH: Properly display opcode prefixes
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: PATCH: Properly display opcode prefixes
  - From: Alan Modra

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