Re: [RFA]: opcodes alpha disassembler

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at cygnus dot com>]

Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> 
> Michael Snyder <msnyder@cygnus.com> writes:
> > > Unless i'm mistaken, somebody (else?) also tried to get the table to
> > > include the OSF/1 PAL ops, recently, and was turned down.  8-)
> >
> > I think you're right, I'm just the messenger in this case.
> > Is there a reason why these can't go in?
> 
> I don't really care; i was just pointing it out in case you'd missed
> it.
> 
> > > Obviously, a question that needs to be asked is, "what about the VMS
> > > and NT PAL call ops?"
> >
> > With respect, I don't care about those.  ;-)
> > But it would help me if I could get these in.
> > Do these do any harm?
> 
> depends on what you care about.  8-)
> 
> If you have to disassemble code which uses the VMS or NT PAL calls,
> rather than the OSF/1 PAL calls, then yes, the diff does do harm (by
> providing the 'wrong' disassembly).

Oh I see, well, I didn't understand that.  Thank you.
 
> Whether that harm is enough to worry about is something for somebody
> else to decide.  (Personally, I've wished for OSF/1 PAL call
> disassembly, but...)

Well then ultimately, somebody needs to "multi-arch" these
codes somehow.  But in the mean time, how much worse would 
a vms or NT person be?  What output would they get presently?
"<undefined>"?

Michael