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Re: [PATCH 0/9] x86: further adjustments to {,E}VEX.{W,L} handling
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at suse dot com>
- Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 10:33:11 -0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] x86: further adjustments to {,E}VEX.{W,L} handling
- References: <5BBE1F7502000078001F07CC@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com>
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:49 AM Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>
> Despite the recent changes, there was still quite some room for
> improvement; some of the VexW=1 additions actually need to be
> undone. See the individual patches.
>
> 1: XOP VPHADD* / VPHSUB* are VEX.W0
> 2: add more VexWIG
> 3: allow {store} to select alternative {,}PEXTRW encoding
> 4: fix various non-LIG templates
> 5: adjust {,E}VEX.W handling outside of 64-bit mode
> 6: adjust {,E}VEX.W handling for PEXTR* / PINSR*
> 7: correctly handle KMOVD with VEX.W set outside of 64-bit mode
> 8: correctly handle VMOVD with EVEX.W set outside of 64-bit mode
> 9: correctly handle VPBROADCASTD with EVEX.W set outside of 64-bit mode
>
OK for the series. SSE2AVX is legacy. Lleave it alone is safer.
Thanks.
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H.J.